scholarly journals Sexual offender treatment for reducing recidivism among convicted sex offenders: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Schmucker ◽  
Friedrich Lösel
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Sexual Offender ◽  
Offender Treatment ◽  
Sexual Offender Treatment ◽  
Reducing Recidivism

Trauma Resolution Treatment as an Adjunct to Standard Treatment for Child Molesters A Qualitative Study

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald J. Ricci ◽  
Cheryl A. Clayton
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Child Molesters ◽  
Sexual Offender ◽  
Current Treatment ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Offender Treatment ◽  
Sexual Offender Treatment ◽  
Trauma Resolution

A literature review of current treatment models for child molesters and contemporary theories of etiology suggests a gap between theory and practice. Despite emerging recognition of the importance of addressing etiological issues in sexual offender treatment, many programs resist addressing the trauma sequelae of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) in those sex offenders where it is present. Adding trauma treatment to standard sexual offender treatment was identified as a means to closing some of that gap. Ten child molesters with reported histories of CSA were treated with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. Subsequent to adding this trauma resolution component, there was improvement on all six subscales of the Sex Offender Treatment Rating Scale as well as decreased idiosyncratic deviant arousal as measured by the penile plethysmograph. The current study reviews qualitative data collected during treatment and at posttreatment interviews.

Adolescent Sex Offenders' Mean Profile on the Basc Self-Report of Personality

2003 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 883-888 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Dalton ◽  
Julie L. Ruddy ◽  
Liza Simon-Roper
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Sexual Offender ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Offender Treatment ◽  
Test Interpretation ◽  
Sexual Offender Treatment ◽  
Blind Test ◽  
Male Adolescents ◽  
Offender Assessment

Batteries of psychological tests had been administered to male adolescents being evaluated for appropriateness of assignment to sexual offender treatment at private clinics. The test scores had been evaluated via blind test interpretation, as one component of a broader sexual offender assessment. Archival data were obtained from 106 patients who had been given the Behavior Assessment System for Children Self-report of Personality as part of a test battery. These adolescents, particularly the younger ones, responded defensively to this self-report. Otherwise, their mean scores were very close to those described in the manual for normal (nonclinical) adolescent males. Implications for test interpretation are discussed.

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