Citation

Looman J, Abracen J, Serin R, Marquis P. J. Interpers. Violence 2005; 20(5): 549-568.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

The present study investigated 154 consecutive admissions to the Regional Treatment Center (Ontario) Sex Offender Treatment Program with reference to psychopathy and outcome. Ratings of treatment behavior, as well as clinical judgments as to whether risk was reduced, were coded based on treatment reports. With reference to Psychopathy Checklist-revised (PCL-R) scores, survival analyses indicated that high scorers recidivated at significantly higher rates than low scorers. However, offenders who received high PCL-R scores and lower scores on measures of treatment behavior recidivated at the same rate as low scorers on the PCL-R. Furthermore, among high PCL-R offenders, those rated as lower risk at post treatment in fact reoffended at a lower rate than those whose risk was rated as unchanged, although this difference failed to reach significance. Findings are discussed in light of the clinical and research literature. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2005. Copyright © 2005 by SAGE Publications)

Ontario
Canada
Foreign Countries
Adult Offender
Adult Psychopathology
Adult Treatment
Adult Violence
Adult Male
Sexual Assault Offender
Sexual Assault Treatment
Offender Psychopathology
Offender Treatment
Male Offender
Male Treatment
Male Violence
Offender Recidivism
Violence Against Women
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