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On The Ends And Means Of Protecting Youth In Juvenile Courts, Franklin E. Zimring
On The Ends And Means Of Protecting Youth In Juvenile Courts, Franklin E. Zimring
Franklin E. Zimring
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Investigating The Continuity Of Sex Offending: Evidence From The Second Philadelphia Birth Cohort, Franklin E. Zimring, Wesley G. Jennings, Alex R. Piquero, Stephanie Hays
Investigating The Continuity Of Sex Offending: Evidence From The Second Philadelphia Birth Cohort, Franklin E. Zimring, Wesley G. Jennings, Alex R. Piquero, Stephanie Hays
Franklin E. Zimring
This study uses data from the Second Philadelphia Birth Cohort to examine the natural history of sex offenders and their involvement in sexual offending through age 26. Several key findings emerged from our effort. First, only one in ten of the 221 male and female juvenile sex offenders had a sex-related offense during the first eight years of adulthood. Second, 92% of all the cohort males with adult sex records had no prior juvenile sex offense. Third, a boy with no sex contacts but five or more total juvenile police contacts was more than twice as likely to commit a …