Sex Offenders

Arjan A.J. Blokland is a senior-researcher at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR) and a professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Leiden University, the Netherlands. His work has been published widely in criminology and psychology journals.Patrick Lussier is an Associate Professor at the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is the co-director of the Centre for Research on Sexual Violence (CrSV) in Burnaby, British Columbia. He is co-principal investigator of the Vancouver Longitudinal Study of the psychosocial development of children. His work has been published in numerous academic journals.

• Notes on Contributors ixForewords xviiPreface xxiAcknowledgements xxvPart I Theoretical and Conceptual Issues in the Study of Sex Offending 11 The Criminal Career Paradigm and Its Relevance to Studying Sex Offenders 3Arjan Blokland & Patrick Lussier2 Criminal Career Features in Theories of Sexual Offending 23Jo Thakker & Tony Ward3 An Integrated Life]Course Developmental Theory of Sexual Offending 43Stephen Smallbone & Jesse CalePart II Criminal Career Patterns of Sex Offenders and Associated Issues 714 Criminal Careers for Different Juvenile Sex Offender Subgroups 73Jan Hendriks, Chantal van den Berg, & Catrien Bijleveld5 The Childhood Risk Factors of Adolescent]Onset and Adult]Onset of Sex Offending: Evidence From a Prospective Longitudinal Study 93Patrick Lussier, Arjan Blokland, Jeff Mathesius, Dustin Pardini, & Rolf Loeber6 Assessing the Continuity of Sex Offending Over the Life Course: Evidence From Two Large Birth Cohort Studies 129Wesley G. Jennings, Alex R. Piquero, Franklin E. Zimring, & Jennifer M. Reingle7 Antisocial Trajectories in Youth and the Onset of Adult Criminal Careers in Sexual Offenders of Children and Women 143Jesse Cale8 Offending Patterns Over Time: An Examination of Specialization, Escalation, and De]escalation in the Commission of Sexual Offenses 171Benoit Leclerc, Patrick Lussier, & Nadine Deslauriers]Varin9 Criminal Career Features of Female Sexual Offenders 199Miriam Wijkman & Catrien Bijleveld10 Mayhem by Occupation: On the Relevance of Criminal Careers to Sexual Homicide Offenders 219Matt DeLisi11 Changing Prevalence of Sex Offender Convictions: Disentangling Age, Period, and Cohort Effects Over Time 231Brian Francis, Claire Hargreaves, & Keith Soothill12 Life]Course Transitions and Desistance in Sex Offenders: An Event History Analysis 257Arjan Blokland & Victor van der Geest13 Offending Trajectory and Residual Offending of Adult Sex Offenders: A Person]Oriented Approach to Risk Prediction 289Patrick Lussier & Garth Davies14 The Concentration of Sex Offenses in British and Dutch Families 321Steve van de Weijer, Sytske Besemer, Catrien Bijleveld, & Arjan BloklandPart III The Criminal Career Approach and Associated Policy Issues 34915 Estimating the Size of the Sexual Aggressor Population 351Martin Bouchard & Patrick Lussier16 Potential for Redemption for Sex Offenders 373Kiminori Nakamura & Alfred Blumstein17 Policing Sex Offenders, Past and Present: The Role and Importance of a Criminal Career Approach in Helping Shape Future Policies 405Patrick Lussier & Arjan BloklandIndex 429