Objectives: The present study was carried out to assess early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and schema domains in a sample of sexual offenders. Method: The subjects were divided into two groups of 34 (one group of sexual offenders and one group of normal individuals). The sample of sexual offenders was randomly selected from among Mashad prison inmates convicted of rape. Normal subjects who were selected according to GSI score in SCL-90-R were matched by age, marital status, occupation and education with the first group. The data were collected by Young Schema Questionnaire- Short Form (YSQ-SF) and were analyzed via t-test. Also, SCL-90-R was used for screening the normal group. Results: The mean score of early maladaptive schemas as well as the schema domains of sexual offenders were significantly higher than those of normal individuals (p<0.05). This discrepancy was mostly evident in vulnerability to harm or illness, subjugation, defectiveness/ shame; dependenc/ incompetence, entitlement/ grandiosity early maladaptive schemas and disconnection and rejection, Impaired autonomy and performance schema domain. There was no significant difference in self-sacrifice maladaptive schema (p<0.05). Conclusion: High scores in early maladaptive schema especially in disconnection/rejection and impaired autonomy/ performance schema domain could lead to the tendency to commit sexual offenses and rape.

In England penal policy from the advent of the "New" Labour government in May 1997 signalled an increasing recognition of the determination to prevent youth offending. Both the crime and disorder Act 1998 and the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 and Other laws, place the prevention of youth offending as the principle aim of youth justice law and policy. The purpose of this paper, which is an analytical-descriptive method, is to examine the patterns of prevention that governs British legal policy in the justice system for children and youth. Considering the laws enacted in this system of law, the mechanisms adopted in the judicial system and the law, often indicate a tendency towards criminal and criminal measures (Criminal Response Model) and intervention in the criminal situations of children at risk of crime (a model of preventive action for growth) and has gradually diverted from early prevention policies, namely noncriminal, and support for needy children.