Sex Offenders: Treat or Punish? (Community Quick Survey on Sex Offenders)

Measuring public perceptions of sex offenders: reimagining the Community Attitudes Toward Sex Offenders (CATSO) scale

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Recidivism of Sex Offenders

The criminal justice system manages most convicted sex offenders with some combination of incarceration, community supervision, and specialized treatment (Knopp, Freeman-Longo, and Stevenson, 1992). While the likelihood and length of incarceration for sex offenders has increased in recent years, the majority are released at some point on probation or parole (either immediately following sentenc...

Refusing to Treat Sexual Dysfunction in Sex Offenders

This article examines one kind of conscientious refusal: the refusal of healthcare professionals to treat sexual dysfunction in individuals with a history of sexual offending. According to what I call the orthodoxy, such refusal is invariably impermissible, whereas at least one other kind of conscientious refusal-refusal to offer abortion services-is not. I seek to put pressure on the orthodoxy...

Treatment of Adult Sex Offenders

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the current state of sex offender treatment , with a focus on the question of the effectiveness of treatment. We begin by discussing some problems that arise in answering this question, followed by a brief discussion of the history of sex offender treatment, and a more in-depth discussion of studies that have looked at the effectiveness o...

Pharmacological treatment of sex offenders