Young sex offenders: A comparison with a control group of non-sex offenders
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The body of literature on adolescent sexual aggression is very limited. In fact, a recent literature review(2) identified only five studies that have explored this area through statistical comparisons with non-sexually aggressive control groups. This scarcity of controlled scientific studies is striking considering the magnitude of the problem -most adult sex offenders begin their deviant behaviour during adolescence.(3)
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