Sentence examples for offending behaviors from inspiring English sources

Adverse childhood experiences are associated with differential sexual offending behaviors (Haapasalo and Kankkonen, 1997; Knight and Prentky, 1990; Lee et al. 2001; Simons et al. 2008; Simons et al. 2002).

Those who agreed then met with the first author who invited them to complete a modified version of the Modus Operandi Questionnaire (MOQ) (Kaufman 1991), a questionnaire that emphasizes child sexual abusers' offending behaviors prior to, during, and following the abuse.

There are proven approaches like Functional Family Therapy, Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care and Multisystemic Therapy that seek to alter the influences in the person's life so the offending behaviors are no longer tolerated.

A total of 15 background variables, which were commonly viewed as predictors of both childhood maltreatment and offending behaviors in the literature, were coded.

It is well documented that both childhood maltreatment and youth offending behaviors might be preceded by a common set of risk factors, such as family environment (Margolin & Gordis, 2000; Repetti, Taylor, & Seeman, 2002).

It is widely accepted that youth offending is an important social issue, and there is a need to assess risk factors and consider treatment needs for those youth who are involved in offending behaviors for the purpose of rehabilitating them (Hoge & Andrews, 1996; McGrath & Thompson, 2012).

Focusing on offending in younger children, defined as committing a first offense before puberty, may bear specific relevance, as childhood onset offenders, particularly those whose offending behavior has resulted in an early official police arrest, have a higher risk of becoming serious and persistent offenders when compared to adolescent onset offenders [ 4- 6].

This is in line with previous studies which revealed that Moroccan adolescents in pre-trial arrest in the Netherlands represent an offender type characterized by less serious offending behavior and less mental health problems than native Dutch adolescent offenders.

All in all, both legal and medical authorities should identify this high-risk group of offenders characterized by versatile and repeated offending behavior and modest treatment results.

We expect care needs to be more common in juvenile offenders than in juvenile non-offenders because victimization of child maltreatment is positively related to offending behavior [ 5- 11].

This is an important issue given that accurate assessment of risk for offending behavior will not only increase clinicians' confidence in managing the youth offenders, but will also improve public safety and confidence.