A Relationship Between Adolescent Males and Sexual Deviance

Abstract

The absence of male supervision in a home might explain why adolescent males are more likely to commit sexual misconduct misdemeanor offenses, and felony sex offenses. For this study, the social control theory was the perspective that could explain why adolescent males may be prone to delinquent or criminal behavior. The study included a sample of 539 adolescent males. The study was a quantitative descriptive design utilizing data from Florida Department of Juvenile Justices’ male offenders’ Positive Achievement Change Tool (PACT) transcripts. Sexual misconduct misdemeanor offenses and felony sex offenses inferential statistics from PACT was used to compare differences between adolescent male offenders who had a mother and father present at home and adolescent male offenders who did not have a father at home. International Business Machines Corporation IBM® SPSS® software was used to provide inferential statistical data. A chi-square statistical method was used to analyze and interpret the quantitative data. The quantitative analysis was a descriptive analysis. The results suggested there was no statistical significance. However, the study illustrated that sexual offenses statistically were different from non-sexual offenses, and further research should be conducted to determine why there are differences.