When is childhood drowning neglect?

Concern that drowning is frequently considered neglectful and referred to Children's Protective Services (CPS) led us to review the frequency and associations of referral. Records of 95 childhood drowning and near drowning victims hospitalized between 1981 and 1987 were reviewed. Reactions of 14 nurses, 27 physicians, and 13 social workers to 4 case scenarios were solicited.

Characteristics of female adolescent sexual offenders.

Descriptive data on a group of female adolescent sexual offenders seen in an outpatient clinic are presented, with characteristics of offenders, offenses, and victims. Unlike female adult sexual offenders of previous studies, these adolescents committed offenses without coercion from male co-offenders starting at an early age. Results are discussed with reference to gender differences among adolescent sexual offenders.

MMPI-based personality types among juvenile sexual offenders.

The MMPIs of 262 adolescent males who committed sexual offenses were categorized by means of cluster analysis into four distinct groups. Each of these groups was found to contain different two-point code types. Referral offense, historical and clinical data were compared for each of the four cluster groups and for each of the two-point code types; the latter provided more reliable discrimination among groups.

Adolescent sexual offenders: offender and offense characteristics.

Descriptive data are presented on 305 adolescent sexual offenders. Types of offenses and the circumstances under which they occurred are described. Results suggest that adolescents commit an array of sexual offenses, that they are not typically isolated incidents, and that they are frequently indicative of more general adjustment difficulties.