Evaluation of the Persistently Violent Offender Treatment Program

2009 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph C. Serin ◽  
Renée Gobeil ◽  
Denise L. Preston
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Program ◽  
Violent Offender ◽  
Offender Treatment

scholarly journals The Predictive Accuracy of the Violent Offender Treatment Program Risk Assessment Scale

1999 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANN WARD ◽  
JOHN DOCKERILL
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Treatment Program ◽  
Predictive Accuracy ◽  
Violent Behavior ◽  
Violent Offenders ◽  
Assessment Scale ◽  
Violent Offender ◽  
Offender Treatment ◽  
Cutoff Score

Current methods for screening violent offenders for program eligibility are expensive and time consuming. Developers of the Violent Offender Treatment Program (VOTP) have designed a brief and economical instrument to screen offenders for program eligibility. The present study was undertaken to assess the reliability and predictive accuracy of the VOTP Risk Assessment Scale (RAS). An interrater reliability of 20 court histories attained a mean kappa of .81. The RAS was applied to court histories of 202 violent offenders released between 1985 and 1987. A 10-year follow-up of convictions for violent behavior yielded a 47% base rate. Receiver Operating Characteristic curves showed that for varying time-at-risk periods, the predictive accuracy remained between .72 and .76. The recommended cutoff score for all time-at-risk periods was 11. The relatively high accuracy rate of the VOTP RAS indicated that it was accurate enough to aid program eligibility decisions.

A Treatment Program for Potentially Violent Offender Patients

1981 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Rogers ◽  
James L. Cavanaugh ◽  
Richard Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Program ◽  
Violent Offender

scholarly journals “Mr S, you do have sexual fantasies?” The Parole Hearing and Treatment of a Sex Offender at the Turn of the 21st Century

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dany Lacombe
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Treatment Program ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Offender Treatment ◽  
Sex Offender Treatment ◽  
Sexual Fantasies ◽  
Parole Board ◽  
Clear Sign ◽  
Prevention Plan

How does the Parole Board decide a sex offender is rehabilitated and can be released into the community? This case study of a parole hearing reveals the significance the Parole Board gives to a sex offender’s management of his arousal as a clear sign of his rehabilitation. To explain the Board’s preoccupation with a sex offender’s sexual fantasies and arousal, I draw on a prison ethnography of a sex offender treatment program. Rehabilitation as risk management relies on the development of a crime cycle and relapse prevention plan designed to grasp the connection between fantasies, arousal and offending. I argue the parole hearing and treatment program exist in a symbiotic relationship that fabricates the sex offender into a species larger than life, one at risk of offending all the time. Key words: rehabilitation, sex offenders, parole, sexual fantasies, ethnography, prison.

scholarly journals A Call for Research on Sex Offender Treatment Programs

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-85
Author(s):  
Ashley C. T. Jones ◽  
Tess M. S. Neal
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Program ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Transition Services ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Offender Treatment ◽  
Sex Offender Treatment ◽  
Federal Bureau ◽  
Federal Bureau Of Prisons ◽  
Entry Requirements ◽  
Program Environment

The effects of sex offender treatment programs have been addressed in the literature, but there are opportunities to expand research and potentially improve existing sex offender treatment programs. The Federal Bureau of Prison’s Sex Offender Treatment Program gives offenders the opportunity to change their behavior by reducing criminality and recidivism, and receive transition services as offenders exit the prison system and reenter society. This program is evidence-based and utilizes landmark research in sex offender treatment, however there are a few details that may present limitations to the effectiveness of the treatment program within the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Entry requirements, such as literacy, cognitive, and remaining sentence requirements, as well as the treatment program environment, present opportunities for research to evaluate the effects of these variables on the convicted sex offender population.

Outcomes in a Community Sex Offender Treatment Program: A Comparison Between Polygraphed and Matched Non-polygraphed Offenders

Sexual Abuse ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. McGrath ◽  
Georgia F. Cumming ◽  
Stephen E. Hoke ◽  
Marcel O. Bonn-Miller
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Program ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Offender Treatment ◽  
Sex Offender Treatment

Evaluation of a Community-Based Sex Offender Treatment Program Using a Good Lives Model Approach

Sexual Abuse ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 519-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leigh Harkins ◽  
Vanja E. Flak ◽  
Anthony R. Beech ◽  
Jessica Woodhams
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Program ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Offender Treatment ◽  
Sex Offender Treatment ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Good Lives Model ◽  
Good Lives ◽  
Model Approach
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