Little is known about the prevalence and nature of paraphilic interests in the Hong Kong young adult population. This study explores the psychosocial facto
The results are analysed with reference to nine conditions: level of offending (total numbers of offences and offenders); single/repeat offenders; gender; ethnicity; offence classification; outcome; context (including temporal conditions such as school holidays); whether the offender accepted or denied...
According to a report released on May 31 by the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the number of individuals arrested for crimes against minors increased by 35.3 percent in 2023 compared to the previous year, and the number of juvenile offenders arrested increased by 73.7 percent. The report suggests...
the pool of young people within the youth justice system is no longer “watered down” by less serious or “adolescent-limited” youth offenders (Moffitt2003). This phenomenon has highlighted the complex needs of those individuals who remain in the youth justice system, many of ...
The criminal justice system approaches young offenders through unique policies to address the challenges of dealing with juvenile offending. They take special care when dealing with juveniles in order to stop them from repeat offending and stop any potential bad behaviour which could result in future....
A lot has been written about what works in interventions with offenders (e.g. Andrews and Bonta 2008; McIvor and Raynor 2008; McNeill et al. 2010). In recent years there have also been a small number of studies focusing on what works in the routine supervision of offenders on probation....
Women also reported victimization because their partners felt disrespected and needed to restore justice, and because of inequality in the relationship, with older males dominating younger women [28]. Vulnerability also played a key role in women's experiences of victimization. Many of the women ...