Juvenile Sex Offender Characteristics from NIBRS Law Enforcement Data

The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) offers perspective on the characteristics of the juvenile sex offender population coming to the attention of law enforcement. This dataset, authored by David Finkelhor, addresses a gap in population-based epidemiological information about youth who commit sexual offenses against minors. It likely contains incident-based records from law enforcement reports.

Use Cases

• Analyze demographic and offense characteristics of juvenile sex offenders based on law enforcement incident data.
• Study trends in juvenile sexual offending behavior coming to official attention based on NIBRS reporting.
• Inform the development of specialized treatment and management programs based on population-based offender profiles.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).
• Addresses a noted gap in population-based information on this specific offender group.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Data is closed license, restricting reuse and distribution.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

Collection Method

Law enforcement incident reports

Time Range

unknown

Freshness

unknown

Geography

unknown