ABSTRACT
The problem of sexual assaults committed by adolescents is serious and widespread. It is estimated that juveniles account for up to one-fifth of all rapes and almost onehalf of all cases of child molestation committed each year. In addition, youth under the age of 18 years have accounted for 10 per cent of the sexual assault/murders since 1976 (Greenfeld 1997). To avoid using ‘he/she’ pronouns throughout the text, a single pronoun is sometimes used. Since most known offenders are male, ‘he’ is primarily used; however, when there are gender differences, this is clearly stated. Otherwise we are speaking about both genders.
