TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - A follow-up study of sex offenders treated by Thames Valley Sex Offender Groupwork Programme, 1995-1999
JO  - Journal of sexual aggression
A1  - Bates, Andrew
A1  - Falshaw, Louise
A1  - Corbett, Carmen
A1  - Patel, Vaneeta
A1  - Friendship, Caroline
SP  - 29
EP  - 38
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
N2  - 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 "recidivism". 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 />
LA  - en
SN  - 1355-2600
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13552600410001667724
ID  - ref1
ER  -