SEX OFFENDER:treatment program

Nota:

• groups 8 offenders; 2 tutors/therapist through process involved in offending limits on behaviur offender relapse prevention 20 treatment sessions
• Offence- support cognition Implicit theories of rapist: 1. women are dangerous -women seek to decieve a man about what they really want 2. women are sex objects- not always consciously aware that they are interested 3.men understand their body language which is more relevant than their voice 4.male sex drive is uncontrollable- once a man gest sexually aroused it is difficult for them to contain it 5.entiltlement- men are more psychologicall mature and sexually sophisticated and women are expected to be subservant 6.dangerous world- world is hostile and threaning place where actors must constantly be on quard against explotian by others
• Child molesters 1 children are sexual beings 2. nature of harm 3. uncontrollability 4. dangerous world 5. entitlement`

Nota:

• -describing offences -challenging disorted thinking -group discussions -role playing

1. Dievant Sexual Arousal

   Nota:

   • sexual preferences that matc sexual behaviour
2. SOTP Techniques

   Nota:

   • -fantasy modification= aversion therapy; covert senastion -masturbatory reconditioning=satiation
   1. "sexual offenders find it difficult to identify surprse, fear, anger and disgust in others. Attitudes towards victims will change if they undertand how victims feel "
   2. SOTP Issues

      Nota:

      • Individual vs group treatment -treatment of minismisers &  deniers -not to inlude them b/c clients not motivated treatment, deniers can be disruptive to group 
      • Effectivness of program -varies in programs -possible reasons- lack of needing financial resources - politicial climate, (only in recent years have)- effective treatment been developed

Nota:

• -social skills -intimacy problems -lack of self esteem

1. Many effects of therapy

   Nota:

   • May have impact of reoffending again -beating therapy -victtim assessment skill -increased triggered salience -increased skills of evading detection
   • Non-cmpletetion of treatment : -1/4 offenders never offend  Reasons: non-cooperation off offender admistration reasons removal from treatment by staff Non-completetion predicts re-offending