Adolescents auteurs d’agressions sexuelles : aspects étiologiques, diagnostiques et pronostiques

The study compares a group of adolescents sex offenders (n = 36) to a group of adolescents non-sex offenders (n = 20). The adolescent sex offenders have more frequently experienced the loss of their father. They presented more submissive, conformism, and sexual inhibition characteristics. However, they did not report more depressive, opposition, conduct disorders nor dependence symptoms. The results are discussed in light of the international literature on adolescent sex offenders.