Recidivism and Resilience in Juvenile Sexual Offenders: An Analysis of the Literature

SUMMARY

The majority of research that exists studying juvenile sex offenders (JSOs) is dominated by the predilection that identifying risk factors associated with recidivism will benefit both the JSOs and treatment providers. Further, the majority of existing treatments are guided by research that has identified what makes JSOs more likely to reoffend. Absent from the majority of the literature is an examination of the strengths and positive characteristics demonstrated by JSOs that may prove useful in both reducing recidivism and increasing the likelihood of achieving positive outcomes (i.e., demonstrating resilience). Research examining known risk factors for sexual and nonsexual recidivism is described. Next, literature on resilience is reviewed, followed by a discussion of this literature in the context of treatment for JSOs. Finally, future directions of research are presented.     

流动未成年人越轨问题：理论探新与对策分析——基于东莞市的实证调研经验

近年来，我国城市流动人口中未成年人迅速增多，流动未成年人的越轨问题亦日趋严重。论文基于在东莞为期两年的实证调研资料。分析影响流动未成年人越轨行为的主要因素；提炼具有新意的流动未成年人越轨行为解释的理论模型：最后提出干预和控制流动未成年人越轨行为的对策建议。     

FRAMING THE SHOOTER: THE GLOBE AND THE STREETS

This article concerns the extensive news coverage by the leading Boston newspaper, the Boston Globe, given a double homicide of two African-American boys. These two boys were killed, ostensibly following a dispute with a juvenile street gang, in April 1991. By examining the shifting focus of this coverage over time, the article examines how the local understanding of street violence was framed by the Massachusetts debate over juvenile justice, in particular newly amended state legislation which tipped the scales towards treating juvenile offenders as adults. Considered here are the Globe's attempt to both orchestrate and stand for ‘civic debate’ by entertaining and absorbing rival voices in its representational protocols.     

进一步完善城镇流浪未成年人救助保护体系探讨——以对重庆地区流浪未成年人救助保护工作的调查为例

改革开放以来,流浪未成年人救助保护体系逐步形成,在经济社会转型时期,完善流浪未成年人救助保护体系面临一系列新的课题,党制定的全面深化改革宏伟蓝图,为完善未成年人救助保护体系开辟了广阔的前景,拓展了路径。     

预防未成年人犯罪研究

本文围绕我国未成年人犯罪率居高不下这一个严峻的社会问题进行思考和研讨,剖析了未成年人犯罪的新动向和原因,并以中共十六届四中全会精神为指导,论述了预防未成年人犯罪是一个复杂的系统工程,家庭、学校、社会应高度关注,密切配合,齐抓共管。     

南宁市未成年人网络新媒体适应性现状调查分析

当今,互联网络等新媒体深刻地影响着未成年人的生活、学习方式。通过对南宁市6个城区以及管辖范围内的6个县的18所小学、12所初中和12所高中的1 800名未成年人开展网络适应性状况调查,结果显示,南宁市未成年人总体上是适应网络虚拟社会,具有一定的虚拟认识、虚拟实践和虚拟交往能力,但是不同类别的未成年人在网络适应程度上仍然存在较为明显的差异性和值得关注的问题。     

当代国外青少年道德教育的走向及其启示

青少年道德危机成已为当今世界面临的最大危机之一。青少年道德教育成为全球共同关注的重大课题，探讨国外青少年道德教育的基本走向，目的是学习借鉴国外有益经验，从而深化我国青少年道德教育改革。     

Juvenile or adult? Negotiating and contesting childhood in the courtroom

Legislative changes during the 1980s and 1990s made it easier to treat juveniles as adults in the U.S. justice system. Research on the sentencing outcomes of juveniles in the criminal court has been somewhat mixed, with some studies showing that they receive severe or long sentences and others showing that many young people receive probation or relatively short jail or prison sentences. Less attention has been placed on the process through which these cases move through the criminal court and the ways in which the labels of “juvenile” and “adult” are negotiated and contested by legal actors. Using both qualitative and quantitative data, this article examines the negotiation of these labels. While it finds that legal rules are important in establishing the potential outcomes in a case, the power of specific actors and the context of specific courtrooms are also important in shaping the negotiations and contestations over these labels. The article provides a framework to understand outcomes and presents ways that advocates can become involved in helping to shape the outcomes of these cases.