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Risk assessment and treatment for offending youth

Assessment

• Offered to adolescents 12 to 18 years old who have committed a sexual offence or offences.

• The purpose is to uncover the factors, which contributed to the adolescent's decision(s) to commit the offence.

• Examines sexual issues such as sexual thoughts, sexual feelings, sexual attitudes, and sexual behaviours.

• The goal of this assessment is to understand the youth as an adolescent who has committed a sexual offence, rather than one who is simply a "sexual offender".

• Examples of the type of information that is collected during this assessment include:

  • Identifying information about the adolescent.

  • Sexual history, arousal and attitudes.

  • Academic and cognitive functioning.

  • Sexual behaviour problems and offences.

  • The adolescent's self-perception.

  • Social functioning and peer relationships.

  • Relevant family history.

Eligibility criteria

Please note exclusionary criteria.

• Adolescent must live in the Halton Region.

• There must be an identified concern about the adolescents's sexual behavior; child possesses sexual knowledge or demonstrates sexual behaviors that are not typical for his or her age or has a preoccupation with sexual activities and cannot be redirected (eg. compulsively masturbates; employs language and/or jokes that are heavily sexualized; cannot play games that do not have a sexualized component to them; has coerced, manipulated, or physically or verbally threatened others into sexual involvement).

• Must have committed a sexual offence for which he or she has been charged, or could have been charged under the Criminal Code of Canada.

• All disclosures of sexualized or sexually offending behavior towards any identifiable individuals must have first been investigated by either the CAS or police.

• Must consent to participate in an assessment.

Treatment focus

• The success of treatment is increased when the adolescent experiences success in other areas of his/her life; for this reason, the scope of treatment and the issues addressed are greater than for a survivor of trauma.

• The support and participation of parents in the treatment process increases the likelihood of success. For this reason, family counselling is often implemented.

• Staff should not provide service outside of their area of expertise. Instead, staff should assist in finding the appropriate community resource, and work collaboratively with them to ensure proper treatment.