They also may not know that there are additional legal and other consequences for such behaviors can be devastating to them, the person they offended, as well as their families and friends. The police may charge them, and even arrest them, perhaps at school, and take them into custody and that they may be held in detention and charged as a delinquent, or in some cases, with an adult crime. What they usually don’t know is that the behavior is a very serious crime. They know they’ll get in trouble if they get caught. Some of them will take advantage of an opportunity to find out more-with younger children. More often such behavior is the result of many factors. There is almost never a single reason why a teen engages in illegal sexual behavior. Why did their teen sexually harm someone else? But it’s often difficult, if not impossible, to determine exactly why. Most parents want to know why this happened. UNDERSTANDING ADOLESCENTS WITH ILLEGAL SEXUAL BEHAVIOR Why Did This Happen?
