@article{ref1,
title="Treatment effectiveness for male adolescent sexual offenders: a meta-analysis and review",
journal="Journal of child sexual abuse",
year="2004",
author="Walker, Donald F. and McGovern, Shannon K. and Poey, Evelyn L. and Otis, Kathryn E.",
volume="13",
number="3-4",
pages="281-293",
abstract="Research concerning the treatment of sexual offenders has generally focused on the treatment of adult offenders. The effectiveness of treatments for male adolescent sexual offenders (N = 644) was assessed in a meta-analysis of 10 studies. Overall, the results were surprisingly encouraging, suggesting that treatments for male adolescent sexual offenders appear generally effective (r = .37). Studies which used self-report measures of outcome obtained a 6% higher effect size than studies which used measures of arousal in response to deviant stimuli, and a 22% higher effect size than studies using actual recidivism rates. A descriptive review of the set of 10 studies indicates that studies utilizing cognitive-behavioral therapy approaches were the most effective.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1053-8712",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}