Motivating convicted sex offenders into treatment: a pilot study

Sex offenders who refuse a place on a sex offender treatment programme are estimated to make up about half the prison sex offender population in England and Wales. It is important to motivate refusers to participate in treatment to reduce the likelihood of their re-offending. In this pilot study we...

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Published in:The British journal of forensic practice 2006-09, Vol.8 (3), p.28-35
Main Authors: Theodosi, Eleni, McMurran, Mary
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Data collection
Motivation
Pilot
Prisoners
Rehabilitation of criminals
Sex offender
Sex offenders
Treatment refusal
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Summary:Sex offenders who refuse a place on a sex offender treatment programme are estimated to make up about half the prison sex offender population in England and Wales. It is important to motivate refusers to participate in treatment to reduce the likelihood of their re-offending. In this pilot study we used the Personal Concerns Inventory-Offender Adaptation (PCI-OA), a semi-structured motivational assessment, further adapting it for treatment refusers. We examined the effectiveness of the PCI-OA (TR) with nine prisoners who had refused sex offender treatment (the treatment group) compared with nine refusers who received no intervention (the control group). The treatment group were at least 0.6 times as likely to show a positive motivational shift towards sex offender treatment as the untreated group. The practice implications of these results are discussed, and further evaluation of the PCI-OA (TR) is recommended.
ISSN:1463-6646
2050-8794
2050-8808
DOI:10.1108/14636646200600017