Refusers, dropouts, and completers: measuring sex offender treatment efficacy.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol
; 48(5): 600-12, 2004 Oct.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15358934
ABSTRACT
A sex offender program delivered in a medium-security prison followed 109 treatment completers and 37 noncompleters for 2 years after release. Noncompleters, those who refused treatment or dropped out, had 6 times the rate of sexual and violent reoffending relative to completers. Among those who completed the program, however, positive evaluations of treatment change, such as quality of disclosure and enhanced victim empathy, found in posttreatment assessments did not correlate with recidivism. Furthermore, completers did not differ in their rates of recidivism from pretreatment rates predicted by the Static 99, an actuarial measure of anticipated sexual and violent recidivism. We conclude that the program did not influence propensities for sexual and violent recidivism but rather served as a prolonged screening instrument for sex offenders whose failure to comply with treatment attendance predicted higher rates of recidivism.
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Assunto principal:
Psicoterapia
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Delitos Sexuais
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Cooperação do Paciente
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2004
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Article