Mindful Continuing Education

1. Knowledge about the etiology of sexual offending is important because it provides conceptual frameworks and specific guidance that can be used to develop more effective prevention efforts across a broad continuum, from primary to tertiary.

2. In a study that examined child sexual abuse patterns and sensitive periods in the lives of juveniles who had committed sexual offenses, it was determined that ages _____ may be a sensitive period during which sexual abuse can do the most damage and place a youth at higher risk for engaging in sexually abusive behavior later in life.

3. Which of the following in NOT one of the areas where sexually abusive youth who had been sexually victimized themselves tend to repeat what was done to them?

4. One well-respected study on juveniles who sexually offend demonstrated that exposure to pornography correlated with the age at which their sexually abusive behavior started, the reported number of victims, and the severity of the abuse.

5. When studying adolescents who molest children versus those who molest peers, researchers have found that those who victimize children had more antisocial, narcissistic, and borderline traits than the other group.

6. Research has consistently demonstrated that juveniles who have committed sexual offenses are a heterogeneous population in terms of each of the following characteristics EXCEPT:

7. As the number and development of treatment programs for juveniles who sexually offend has evolved, research and follow-up studies have clearly indicated a reduction in recidivism due to such treatment.

8. In 2010, Worling, Littlejohn, and Bookalam reported findings from a single study follow-up analysis on adolescents who participated in treatment for sexual, including which of the following:

9. In their meta-analysis of five rigorous studies, Drake and colleagues (2009) found that sex offender treatment programs for juveniles not only reduced recidivism, on average, but aso produced a net return on investment of more than $23,000 per program participant.

10. Juveniles who sexually offend are diverse in their offending behaviors and tend to have more in common with other juvenile delinquents than they do with adult sexual offenders.

11. In a series of studies conducted in the late 1970s and early 1980s with adult sexual offenders, many adults reported that they began their sexual offending during adolescence, which led policymakers and practitioners to focus more attention on juveniles who commit sexual offenses as a way to prevent adult sexual offending.

12. Data clearly indicate that there is a significant difference in the rate of either sexual or general recidivism between juveniles who commit sexual offenses against peer or adult victims and those who commit sexual offenses against child victims.