@article{ref1,
title="A follow-up study of sex offenders treated by Thames Valley Sex Offender Groupwork Programme, 1995-1999",
journal="Journal of sexual aggression",
year="2004",
author="Bates, Andrew and Falshaw, Louise and Corbett, Carmen and Patel, Vaneeta and Friendship, Caroline",
volume="10",
number="1",
pages="29-38",
abstract="The following paper is a reconviction study of 183 sex offenders treated by the Thames Valley Project between 1995 and 1999. Some demographic details are provided about the sample. Subjects were monitored for a mean of 3.9 years. A total of 10 subjects (5.4% of total) were reconvicted for a further sexual offence. A further 19 men (10.3%) either had allegations made against them or committed a behaviour that may have involved or been the preparation for further sexual offending, defined here as &quot;recidivism&quot;. Details about post-treatment behaviour were drawn from three sources: two national police databases which indicated any formal sexual reconviction and the files kept on each sex offender registered with Thames Valley Project (TVSOGP), a multi-funded community-based sex offender treatment programme. The pre-treatment re-conviction risk status of each man was calculated using part one of the Risk Matrix 2000 algorithm (static factors). Risk levels were compared for those where reconviction, re-offending or recidivism was identified and those where it was not and a correlation was found in the predicted direction although this was not statistically significant. The advantages and limitations of this kind of follow-up study are discussed, together with some recommendations for future research.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1355-2600",
doi="10.1080/13552600410001667724",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13552600410001667724"
}