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- Title
Child sexual abusers' views on treatment: a study of convicted and imprisoned adult male offenders.
- Authors
Colton, Matthew; Roberts, Susan; Vanstone, Maurice
- Abstract
In spite of an increasing focus on the assessment and treatment of sexual offenders over the past two decades, much debate persists as to the effectiveness of treatment in reducing recidivism. Given the dearth of research on offenders' perspectives in this area and the potential for offenders' views to inform the development of effective treatment, we consider the views of 35 adult male child sexual abusers on the prison treatment program. Focusing on a number of key themes, namely victim empathy, strategies for desistence, group or individual treatment, motivation, and postprogram support. In doing so, the extent to which this work furthers knowledge in this area and future research directions was considered.
- Publication
Journal of child sexual abuse, 2009, Vol 18, Issue 3, p320
- ISSN
1053-8712
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1080/10538710902918170