Family or Caregiver Instability, Parental Attachment, and the Relationship to Juvenile Sex Offending

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
Marc V Felizzi

Abstract

A violent or unstable home life-characterized by caregivers physically or sexually abusing children, physical violence in the home, homelessness, and other factors-and disrupted parental attachment are examined in this secondary data analysis for their possible relationship to juvenile sex offending. Parent or caregiver instability is measured by a demographic questionnaire administered to participants. Parental attachment is measured by the Inventory of Peer and Personal Attachment. The population included 502 adjudicated juvenile male sexual and nonsexual offenders in a Midwest state who responded to questionnaires in order to examine juvenile offending antecedents. The highest correlated parent or caregiver instability variables to juvenile sex offending status were multiple relocations or homelessness, children placed out of the home, slapping or punching in the home, and sexual abuse victimization. The quality of parental attachment had little impact on the respondents' offense status.

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Nov 21, 2017·International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology·Jamie YoderGeorge S Leibowitz
Nov 27, 2018·Journal of Interpersonal Violence·Melissa D GradyAdam Brown
Jan 15, 2019·Sexual Abuse : a Journal of Research and Treatment·Jamie YoderRebecca Dillard
Apr 13, 2019·Journal of Child Sexual Abuse·Rebecca Dillard, Brieanne Beaujolais
Apr 19, 2018·Archives of Sexual Behavior·Sandy K WurteleLeah J Parker

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