ABSTRACT

Increasing the effectiveness of programs designed to treat individuals who have sexually offended is a critical step in reducing the rates of sexual violence in our communities. Yet, the research on such programs have yielded inconsistent results with regards to their effectiveness in reducing sexual recidivism among participants. Some researchers have explored whether the dose of treatment impacts recidivism, but there remains limited knowledge around the dose-response relationship for individuals who have sexually offended. The current study examines recidivism rates among 343 individuals who participated in and completed the programs administered by the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS): Pre-SOAR (preparatory program), SOAR (full high-dose treatment program), and the combination of both Pre-SOAR and SOAR. Findings demonstrated that men who participated in Pre-SOAR only had the highest rates of recidivism among the three groups. Specifically, the Pre-SOAR only group returned to prison over a year sooner than the other two groups. These findings elucidate that the Pre-SOAR program is not sufficient or the most efficacious as a stand-alone program to reduce recidivism among sex offenders. Next, the Pre-SOAR program did show benefit when combined with the SOAR program, in that approximately 8% fewer of the individuals were reincarcerated during the study window compared to those who only completed the SOAR program. While those individuals who participated in the Pre-SOAR and SOAR programming group returned to prison approximately three days faster than the SOAR-only group, we do not see this to be a significant difference. Programming implications are discussed.

摘要

提高旨在治疗性侵犯者的计划的有效性是降低我们社区性暴力发生率的关键一步。然而，关于此类计划在减少参与者性再犯方面的有效性方面，对此类计划的研究产生了不一致的结果。一些研究人员已经探索了治疗剂量是否会影响再犯，但关于性侵犯个体的剂量反应关系的知识仍然有限。目前的研究调查了 343 名参加并完成了北卡罗来纳州公共安全部 (NCDPS) 管理的计划的人的再犯率：Pre-SOAR（预备计划）、SOAR（完全高剂量治疗计划）和组合Pre-SOAR 和 SOAR。结果表明，参加 Pre-SOAR 的男性在三组中的再犯率最高。具体来说，Pre-SOAR only 组比其他两组早一年多返回监狱。这些发现表明，作为减少性犯罪者再犯的独立计划，Pre-SOAR 计划是不够的或最有效的。接下来，Pre-SOAR 计划与 SOAR 计划结合时确实显示出益处，与仅完成 SOAR 计划的人相比，在研究窗口期间重新入狱的人减少了大约 8%。虽然参加 Pre-SOAR 和 SOAR 编程组的人比只参加 SOAR 的组快大约三天返回监狱，但我们认为这没有显着差异。