About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

22 Crim. Behav. & Mental Health 1 (2012)

handle is hein.journals/cbmh22 and id is 1 raw text is: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health 22: 1-6 (2012) Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/cbm.1818 Editorial Cognitive behaviour therapy for sex offenders. Too good to be true? DAVID K. HO AND CALLUM C. ROSS, Broadmoor Hospital, West London Mental Health NHS Trust, RG45 7EG, UK The Sex Offender Treatment Programme (SOTP) was established in England and Wales in 1991. It was designed to provide integrated assessment and treatment for sex offenders in prison (HM Prison Service, 2005). It now runs in more than 20 prisons, and about 1000 prisoners go through it every year. Prison Service figures from 2005 show that about 80% of these men are child sexual abusers, 15% rapists and 5% sexual murderers. The SOTP costs about E6000-E7500 per annum per offender (Evenden, 2008). In a May 2010 publication - What Works With Sex Offenders? - The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) (2010) set out their continued full support for it, concluding Large scale reviews indicate that cognitive behavioural programmes which follow the risk, need and responsivity principles are the most effective forms of intervention for sexual offenders. We recommend that interested readers find a computer now and locate the article. At the time of writing, it appears as the top link if you Google 'What works with sex offenders'. 'What Works With Sex Offenders?' was one of a series of documents written by officials in the Rehabilitation Services Group of NOMS to provide an overview of the NOMS strategic approach to reduction in risk of harm and re-offending by offenders with a history of perpetrating specific offences. Others in the series include domestic violence or substance related offending. We understand that these papers were developed as a reference tool rather than for policy development. The Ministry of Justice refers to them as fact sheets. When we read What Works With Sex Offenders?, however, we were surprised and wondered whether the available evidence had been adequately considered. We identified at least eight statements that we think should be regarded as controversial. Copyright t 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 22: 1-6 (2012) DOI: 10.1002/cbm

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Short-term subscription options include 24 hours, 48 hours, or 1 week to HeinOnline.

Purchase Access

Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most