Adult sex offenders in youth-oriented institutions : evidence on sexual victimisation experiences of offenders and their offending patterns / Georgina Fuller.

Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 2015.

86844

Sex offenders -- Canada.

Child sexual abuse -- Psychological aspects -- Canada.

Inmates of institutions -- Abuse of -- Canada.

There is significant interest in the issue of child sexual abuse committed in institutional settings. This study uses information collected from a sample of 23 convicted Canadian sex offenders to examine key elements of the offending. Issues explored include the nature of the offender's involvement with institutions, their own prior sexual victimisation experiences, factors influencing the selection of victims and the locations where the sexual assaults occurred. Particularly telling was the length of time offenders spent at an institution prior to initiating the assaults and the potential to avert offending by reducing opportunities to offend, as well as the associated danger evident in allowing staff--without supervision--to transport children outside of an institutional setting, given the frequency of the assaults that occurred offsite.

Title from title caption of PDF document (viewed on September 7, 2015).

"June 2015".

Includes bibliographical references.

1836-2206

1 online resource.