Déjà vu: from Furby to Långström and the evaluation of sex offender treatment effectiveness

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Levenson ◽  
David S. Prescott
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offender ◽  
Treatment Effectiveness ◽  
Offender Treatment ◽  
Sex Offender Treatment ◽  
Deja Vu ◽  
Déjà Vu

Measuring the effectiveness of sex offender treatment

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 2062-2062
Author(s):  
J. Endrass ◽  
A. Rossegger ◽  
F. Urbaniok
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Treatment Effectiveness ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Offender Treatment ◽  
Sex Offender Treatment ◽  
Recidivism Rates ◽  
Therapy Effectiveness ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Sex Offense

Depending on the subject of the evaluation different outcome measures are necessary. Generally recidivism rates are considered to be state of the art in the assessment of forensic therapy effectiveness. In this context, recidivism can be defined differently. Thus a definition may include only new convictions for a specific type of offense or any offense or may even include new charges as well. In the evaluation of sex offender treatments it is often considered to be self-evident to define recidivism as a reconviction or new charge for a sex offense. Some authors however argue - not without reason - to include any type of violent offense in the definition. The evaluation of treatment effectiveness suggests however, also including therapeutic criteria such as level of openness of the patient. Especially openness about sexual fantasies relevant to the sex offense may be a key factor in the treatment of sex offenders. It is suggested that future research in the area include such ‘softer’ criteria as well.

The Role of Preparatory Programming in Increasing the Effectiveness of a Sex Offender Treatment Intervention

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Tanya Renn ◽  
Christopher Veeh ◽  
Melissa D. Grady ◽  
David Edwards ◽  
Carrie Pettus-Davis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offender ◽  
Offender Treatment ◽  
Treatment Intervention ◽  
Sex Offender Treatment

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.

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