The Self-Regulation Model of the Offense and Relapse Process: A Manual,

Sexual offender treatment has evolved considerably over the course of the last two decades. The introduction of the Relapse Prevention (RP) model to the field considerably advanced the provision of effective service (Hanson, Gordon, Harris, Marques, Murphy, Quinsey, & Seto, 2002). However, over the course of the 1990s some (e.g., Hudson & Ward, 2000) began to criticize the RP model due to a number of shortcomings. These authors (e.g., Ward, 1999, Ward & Hudson, 1998; Ward & Hudson, 2000) then presented as an alternative to the RP model _/ a Self-Regulation (SR) model of the offence process. While the empirical validation of the model is still underway, the research conducted into this model to date has been promising (see Ward et al., 2004 for a summary). However, the model is rather complex, and this complexity has, to some extent, made it difficult to understand and implement. Thus, the manualization of this approach is the next important step in terms of presenting the model.