Sexual Offender Treatment: Does Specialized Treatment Matter?

Last Updated on July 15th, 2022 at 12:31 pm
Originally Published on February 18th, 2022 at 08:00 am
Table of Contents
Overview
Summary
Implications for Mitigation
Implications for Aggravation
Reference

Overview

What types of treatment are most effective at reducing recidivism?

Summary

Individuals who are under investigation for sex crimes are often sent to treatment prior to sentencing as both a means to help the person and to show accountability for mitigation purposes.  Once convicted, they will be mandated to treatment by probation or parole.  

The 2019 study discussed in this summary sheds light on what types of treatment programs may be better than others for producing results, which means decreasing recidivism. 

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