Abstract:

Modern childhood approach provided that juvenile offenders are treated different form adult. This article is given information about theoritical expalanation, characteristics, treatment programmes of adolescent sexual offenders. There are two explanation about causes of juvenile sexual offenders. One of model is Ryan, Lane, Davis ve Lsaac (1987)’s sexual abuse cycle. This model assert that when adolescent meet negative reflections, He has negative self concept then has negative coping strategies. So adolescent is socially isolated then he wants to be powerfull. As a conclusion offence behaviour is occured then adolescent feels negatve feelings so cycle is concluded. Second model is Becker and Kaplan (1988)’s model. According to this model sexual offence occured because of individully characteristics. Several studies thathave described the backgrounds of juvenile male sexual offenders have found an overlap among adolescent sexual offenders, juvenile delinquents, boys from abusive and neglectful families, and socially isolated boys. As a conclusion of these explanation, many treatment programs for juveniles who have commited sex offences can be developed such as multi systemic treatment and cognitive –behavioral technics conducted in groups.

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