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- Title
Understanding the Sexual Victimization of Children by Juveniles: Identifying Criminal Event Patterns.
- Authors
Chopin, Julien; Beauregard, Eric
- Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore the crime-commission process involved in the sexual victimization of children perpetrated by juveniles. Specifically, this study aims to explore the interconnectedness of pre-crime, crime, and post-crime phases with victimological characteristics using a criminal event perspective. The sample used in this study consists of 185 cases of child sexual abuses perpetrated by juveniles. The first step of this study uses latent class analysis to explore the relationship between each step of the crime-commission process. As a second step, additional variables were used to test the external validity of our model. Results suggest that there are three different criminal event patterns: familiar sexually non-intrusive, familiar sexually intrusive, and stranger sexually non-intrusive. Moreover, we found that specific victimological characteristics were associated with each of the patterns. Practical implications in terms of situational crime prevention and victim assistance are discussed.
- Subjects
CHILD sexual abuse; CRIME victims; JUVENILE offenders; CRIME prevention; CRIMINALS
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2021, Vol 63, Issue 3/4, p1
- ISSN
1707-7753
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3138/cjccj.2021-0016