Treatment Of Sex Offenders Essay

Beech, Anthony R, Leam A Craig and Kevin D Brown. 2009. ‘’A Community Residential Treatment Approach for Sexual Abusers’’, Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders: A Handbook. Eldridge, Hilary and Donald Findlater. 349-364. West Sussex, John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

This chapter focuses on the Wolvercote Clinic, a positive treatment facility for high risk sex offenders to gain skills to assist them in their rehabilitation process and prepare them for life in the community. The authors acknowledge that it is essential for offenders to be taught skills in recognising and dealing with emotional and physical risk factors, managing feelings, developing social and positive thinking skills as well as sexual fantasy management. The authors argue that without

McAlinden (2006) acknowledges that an effective sex offender rehabilitation program must incorporate safety and support while addressing community concerns as well as the offenders needs. The author notes that it is important for future schemes to take a holistic approach and must target, both the community and the offender, to be efficient. This article was useful as it recognized the importance of community concerns and the needs of offenders, for that reason could be beneficial to a probation and parole officer in scenario nine, when looking to manage a sex offender’s reintegration into the

2013. ‘’Community Reintegration of Sex Offenders of Children in New Zealand’’, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 57 (1). 55-70. Accessed 13 March 2014. doi:10.1177/0306624X11426132

This article reports on research conducted regarding convicted child sex offender’s expectations and experiences of reintegration into the community both prior and post release. It is noted that the majority of sex offenders interviewed feared their release and struggled to live in society once released. The authors argue that this is a result of simplistic reintegration planning that aimed to manage risk factors rather than promote rehabilitation. The authors acknowledge the need for reintegration processes to consider the requirements of offenders, victims and the community in order to be effective. This article was useful for showing the importance of comprehensive reintegration plans to make the outcome satisfying to the offender and the community and for that reason could assist me in my role as a probation and parole officer in scenario