@article{ref1,
title="Evaluating community-based treatment programmes for men who sexually abuse children",
journal="Child abuse review",
year="1998",
author="Allam, Jayne M. and Browne, Kevin D.",
volume="7",
number="1",
pages="13-29",
abstract="The currently dominant multi-factorial explanations of sex offending have been reflected in the widespread adoption of cognitive-behavioural groupwork methods where treatment foci are those attitudes, beliefs, cognitions and behaviours believed to contribute towards the maintenance of sexually abusive practices. Community-based programmes have mushroomed during this decade, with 97% of regional probation services now having provision for sex offender treatment. However, these relatively recent and dramatic developments of practice have to a large extent occurred outside of a framework of rigorous planning and evaluation. This article begins by outlining a rationale for both the treatment of sex offenders and evaluating programmes. This is followed by a framework for evaluation within which treatment providers can consider the issues involved (including the methodological difficulties) in setting up research designed to evaluate treatment effectiveness. It is suggested that, while small-scale (in-house) research may tell us something about the success or otherwise of individual programmes, it is the larger-scale projects carried out by independent researchers that will inform us as to the impact of cognitive-behavioural group work on recidivism and offence-related psychological variables. Such research has the potential to assist policy-makers and to aid managers and practitioners in the development of effective treatment programmes. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Child Abuse Review, 1998. Copyright © 1998 by John Wiley and Sons)  Program Evaluation Program Effectiveness Community Based Child Abuse Offender Child Abuse Treatment Child Sexual Abuse Offender Child Sexual Abuse Treatment Child Molester Sexual Assault Treatment Sexual Assault Offender Offender Treatment Adult Offender Adult Male Adult Violence Male Offender Male Violence Treatment Program Treatment Effectiveness Evaluation 12-02<p />",
language="en",
issn="0952-9136",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}