@article{ref1,
title="Cognitive-behavioral treatment of sex offenders: a treatment comparison and long-term follow-up study",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="1998",
author="McGrath, Robert J. and Hoke, Stephen E. and Vojtisek, John E.",
volume="25",
number="2",
pages="203-225",
abstract="Recidivism rates were examined for the near-exhaustive sample of 122 sex offenders placed in a rural Vermont county under correctional supervision from 1984 through 1995. Participants were at risk for an average of 62.9 months. Of this sample, 71 nonrandomized participants enrolled in a comprehensive outpatient cognitive-behavioral and relapse-prevention-based treatment program, 32 participants received less specialized mental health treatment, and the remaining 19 participants received no treatment. Pretreatment, between-group comparisons identified the no-treatment group as having more extensive criminal histories. No other statistically significant between-group differences among factors related to reoffense risk were found. At follow up, the cognitive-behavioral treatment group demonstrated a statistically significant treatment benefit. The treatment program is described.   <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/0093854898025002004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854898025002004"
}