Risk for Sexual Abuse: As Study of Adolescent Offenders

《2010年健康人民》将性暴力和虐待儿童（包括性虐待）列为预防和干预的重要目标。疾病控制和预防中心在其2004年伤害议程中指出，预防工作的一个主要障碍是缺乏关于儿童性虐待，特别是年轻犯罪者性虐待的原因和相关因素的信息。该项目旨在通过应用依恋理论来确定儿童性虐待，性侵犯和青少年暴力的独特和共同的风险因素（RFA 04045中强调的研究目标之一）来解决这一差距。这一目标将通过对300名青少年男性进行多方法的横断面研究来实现：那些对儿童进行性虐待的人，那些对同龄人或成年人进行性侵犯的人，以及那些犯下其他类型犯罪行为的人（非性）。将通过审查现有记录、半结构化和结构化访谈以及计算机管理的问卷来收集数据。该项目旨在通过调查犯罪者群体在以下结构中的差异来确定实施儿童性虐待，性侵犯和犯罪行为的独特和共同的风险因素：对于目标1，（1）对亲密关系的态度（2）与同伴的关系，包括双方同意的性经历;对于目标2，（3）对男性气质的态度，包括对竞争，暴力和面子的重要性的信念，作为男性气质的指示和对自己的男性气质的信心，以及（4）自我报告的性观念 性行为（包括性欲倒错），性兴趣和性幻想（包括 各种性欲倒错）。人类性行为治疗计划 针对青少年性犯罪者的方案和青少年缓刑部门将通过与明尼苏达州“立即制止”初级预防方案（目标3）合作传播项目成果，促进初级和二级预防。

Healthy People 2010 has prioritized sexual violence and child maltreatment (including sexual abuse) as important targets for prevention and intervention. In its Injury Agenda for 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that a major barrier to prevention efforts is the lack of information about the causes and correlates of child sexual abuse, especially in young perpetrators. This project is designed to address this gap by applying attachment theory to identify the unique and shared risk factors for child sexual abuse, sexual assault, and youth violence (one of the research objectives highlighted in RFA 04045). This objective will be accomplished through a multi-method, cross-sectional study of 300 adolescent males: those who have sexually abused children, those who have sexually assaulted peers or adults, and those who have committed other types of delinquent behavior (non-sexual). Data will be collected through a review of available records, semistructured and structured interview, and computer-administered questionnaire. The project is designed to identify the unique and shared risk factors for perpetrating child sexual abuse, sexual assault, and delinquent behavior by investigating perpetrator group differences in the following constructs : For Aim 1, (1) attitudes toward intimate relationships (attachment style) and (2) their involvement with peers, including consensual sexual experiences; for Aim 2, (3) attitudes toward masculinity, including beliefs about the importance of competition, violence, and face-saving as an indication of masculinity and confidence in their own masculinity and (4) beliefs about sexuality, selfreported sexual behavior (including paraphilias), and sexual interests and fantasies (including ivarious paraphilias). This collaboration between the Program in Human Sexuality, treatment programs for juvenile sex offenders, and juvenile probation departments will promote primary and secondary prevention through dissemination of project results in collaboration with Stop It Now, Minnesota, a primary prevention program (Aim 3).