TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Cognitive-behavioral treatment of sex offenders: a treatment comparison and long-term follow-up study
JO  - Criminal justice and behavior
A1  - McGrath, Robert J.
A1  - Hoke, Stephen E.
A1  - Vojtisek, John E.
SP  - 203
EP  - 225
VL  - 25
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-8548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854898025002004
ID  - ref1
ER  -