TY - JOUR
T1 - What Is distinctive about the sexual victimization of female adolescents? A comparison with the sexual victimization of children and adults
AU - Paquette, Sarah
AU - Chopin, Julien
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation [P400PS_190994]. The authors would like to acknowledge Dr. Franca Cortoni for her insightful comments on the manuscript, as well as Mr. the Police Chief of the French Central Office for the Repression of Violences against Persons (Office Central de Répression des Violences aux Personnes) and Mr. the Central Director of the French Judicial Police (Direction Centrale de la Police Judiciaire).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/4/1
Y1 - 2023/4/1
N2 - This study examines the characteristics of the sexual victimization of adolescents and provides a comparison with the ones of children and adults. The sample includes 2,665 sexual abuse cases of female children, adolescents, and adults in France. Analyses revealed differential patterns in factors associated with the sexual victimization of adolescents. Findings suggest that the sexual victimization of adolescents may be located along a continuum in terms of sexuality, antisociality, and situational factors, between children and adult victimization. Implications for the prevention of the victimization of adolescents, clinical considerations for offenders, and avenues for future research are discussed.
AB - This study examines the characteristics of the sexual victimization of adolescents and provides a comparison with the ones of children and adults. The sample includes 2,665 sexual abuse cases of female children, adolescents, and adults in France. Analyses revealed differential patterns in factors associated with the sexual victimization of adolescents. Findings suggest that the sexual victimization of adolescents may be located along a continuum in terms of sexuality, antisociality, and situational factors, between children and adult victimization. Implications for the prevention of the victimization of adolescents, clinical considerations for offenders, and avenues for future research are discussed.
KW - adolescent
KW - antisociality
KW - atypical sexuality
KW - Sexual abuse
KW - situational factor
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85122298960&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15564886.2021.2020947
DO - 10.1080/15564886.2021.2020947
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85122298960
SN - 1556-4886
VL - 18
SP - 319
EP - 337
JO - Victims and Offenders
JF - Victims and Offenders
IS - 2
ER -