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Child Sexual Abuse and Subsequent Offending and Victimization: A 45 Year Follow-Up Study
Child Sexual Abuse and Subsequent Offending and Victimization: A 45 Year Follow-Up Study
Publication year:
2012
| Cataloged on:
Aug. 17, 2012
ANNOTATION: The impact of sexual abuse as a child on that individual’s later offending or re-victimization as an adult is examined. Sections of this report cover: subsequent offending by childhood sexual abuse (CSA) victims; subsequent victimization of CSA victims; association between CSA and offending; association between CSA and victimization; and mediating factors between CSA and offending. Victims of childhood sexual assault “were almost five times more likely than the general population to be charged with any offence than their non-abused counterparts, with strongest associations found for sexual and violent offences. CSA victims were also more likely to have been victims of crime, particularly crimes of a sexual or violent nature. This research highlights the need for therapeutic interventions targeted at adolescent male CSA victims, particularly with regard to offender treatment programs, where many programs currently do not allow for exploration of offenders’ own sexual victimization” (p. 1).
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