Citation

Crolley J, Roys D, Thyer BA, Bordnick PS. Behav. Modif. 1998; 22(4): 485-501.

Affiliation

Highland Institute for Behavior Change, Atlanta, GA 30340, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9755648

Abstract

This study compared the entrance and exit scores of 16 patients completing treatment at the Highland Institute for Behavioral Change (HIBC), an outpatient program specializing in the behavioral treatment of sex offenders. Outcome measures included the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), the Multiphasic Sexual Inventory, and recidivism (rearrest record) posttreatment. Statistically significant and clinical improvements were obtained on a number of these measures. One of the 16 graduates reoffended during the average follow-up period of 26 months (he is now incarcerated). These data are supportive of the contention that outpatient behavior therapy can be effective in reducing deviant sexual arousal and in enhancing appropriate consensual sexual behavior.

Language: en