This Just In: Sex Offender Treatment Is Beneficial for One in 28 Patients
Author: Gregory DeClue.; Denis L. Zavodny.
Source: Volume 17, Number 04, June/July 2016 , pp.49-51(3)
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Abstract:
Based on recent data sex offender treatment (SOT) is associated with a 26.3% reduction in recidivism; benefits 1 in 28 SOT patients; and new and improved SOT will likely not reduce detected sex offending by more than 5%. Although seemingly contradictory statements this article will summarize the findings of this meta-analysis, and then explain how it is that each of these three statements is true.Keywords: detected sexual recidivism; psychosocial treatment; cognitive-behavioral programs; risk reduction; measure of treatment effectiveness; previously convicted of a sex offense
Affiliations:
1: forensic psychologist; 2: Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.