Hi On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Cowden, Craig R. wrote:
> I am just about to discuss my least favorite topic, rape and sexual abuse. > My students seem to be of the opinion that therapy is useless, that no one > gets better, and we should just lock them all up (or kill them, which some > think would be better). I seem to recall a study showing treated sex > offenders relapsed at only something like an 18% rate at 5-year follow-up, > but have no idea what article it was (or whether my recall is correct). Can > anyone help? Check out the following link http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun98/sex.html ------------------excerpt----------------- Study counters notion that sex offenders are inevitable recidivists Sex offenders are not as hopelessly fated to a life of deviant behavior as is widely believed, especially if they stay in corrective treatment, according to a new study in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (Vol. 66, No. 2, p. 348362). Canadian psychologists R. Karl Hanson, PhD, and Monique T. Bussiere, PhD, recently reviewed 61 studies covering more than 23,300 cases of sex offenses and found that only 13.4 percent of the individuals identified in the studies went on to commit another sex crime. They found that individuals who did reoffend had committed more sexual offenses, had more deviant sexual interests such as sex with boys or victimization of strangers and did not complete their rehabilitative treatment programs. ... ---------------end excerpt------------------- Also have a look at: http://www.igc.org/ncia/sexo.html You can find quite a lot by searching at www.google.com for various combinations with sex offenders (e.g., recidivism, community notification, ...). Best wishes Jim ============================================================================ James M. Clark (204) 786-9757 Department of Psychology (204) 774-4134 Fax University of Winnipeg 4L05D Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark ============================================================================ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
