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Impact Factor:1.210 | Ranking:Criminology & Penology 18 out of 55 | Family Studies 19 out of 40 | Psychology, Applied 38 out of 76
Source:2014 Journal Citation Reports® (Thomson Reuters, 2015)

How to Answer the Question

“Does Sex Offender Treatment Work?”

  1. JANICE K. MARQUES

    1. California Department of Mental Health

Abstract

Although sex offender treatment is an established clinical specialty, evidence regarding its effectiveness has been slow to accumulate. One ongoing treatment outcome study, California’s Sex offender Treatment and Evaluation Project (SOTEP), is used to highlight several problems that are inherent in this type of research, and to illustrate that even well-designed studies make only a limited contribution to our empirical database on treatment effectiveness. SOTEP findings are also used to show that the broad question, “Does sex offender treatment work?” needs to be broken down into a number of more specific and useful questions. Given the diversity of clients and programs in this field, outcome data are from a wide range of treatment programs that vary in approach, setting, intensity, and types of offenders treated. Program managers and clinicians are urged to evaluate the impact of their services in order to contribute to our knowledge base on treatment effectiveness.

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Published by Mr. Jim W.Ferguson II Founder/Executive Director of The National Corrections Oversight Coalition Reg'd OJP/DOJ

I am the Founder/Executive Director of the National Corrections Oversight Coalition Reg'd OJP/DOJ, We are a group of concerned organizations, former Gaurds,Police Officers, Former Retired Navy Seals, Army Rangers, former Legislative Interns, Paralegals/Legal Assistants, Former Internal Affairs Division Officers, Mothers, Fathers, Brothers, Sisters,Aunts, Uncles & Concerned Citizens. We do not tolerate stupidity, ignorance, insubordination or the abuse of offenders, Detainees in the Jails , Prisons, Immigration, or Youth Detention Centers in the United States. I mentor At Risk/High Risk youth in the community, I help the elderly, I help the disadvantaged, the forgotten ones & the vulnerable, I am associated with Federal Law enforcement, among other things, I am very dedicated to helping people everyday in every way possible. I have taken a oath to maintain sobriety , be drug free help the people who want to be helped because I am one of the few that makes things happen and most of all "kick ass" and take their names later.