Because of the enormous human and financial costs society incurs as a result of sexual
crimes, any reduction in the recidivism of sex offenders caused by treatment is very …

This meta-analytic review examined the effectiveness of psychological treatment for sex
offenders by summarizing data from 43 studies (combined n= 9,454). Averaged across all …

Several authors have recently addressed current views of sexual offender treatment efficacy.
Some maintain that offenders can gain from treatment while others argue that the vast …

Quinsey, Harris, Rice, and Lalumière's conclusions that treatment for sex offenders has not
been shown to be effective is challenged, as is their demand for evidence based on random …

The effectiveness of sex offender treatment programs continues to generate misinformation
and disagreement. Some literature reviews conclude that treatment does not reduce …

This article considers the benefits of sexual offender treatment in terms of the magnitude of
the effect size produced by these interventions. Comparisons are made of the effect sizes …

We review scientific criteria for the minimally useful evaluation of psychosocial treatment for
sex offenders. The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers recently supported a …

Research related to the treatment of sexual offenders will be reviewed. The authors argue
that recent research suggests that sex offenders treated using current approaches will …

The effectiveness of treatment for sexual offenders remains controversial, even though it is
widely agreed that certain forms of human service interventions reduce the recidivism rates …

An examination of the bases of two influential sets of publications suggests that their
conclusions regarding the effectiveness of treatment with sex offenders were unnecessarily …