ABSTRACT

In this paper, we estimate the financial benefits that can result from effective sexual offender treatment. We base our estimates on both an earlier outcome evaluation of a prison-based sexual offender programme and a report of the costs to the judicial system of reoffending. The outcome study reported significant reductions in re-offence rates compared to a matched group of untreated sexual offenders. We show that these reductions in reoffending not only saved a significant number of people from subsequently being abused by the offenders, it also resulted in very significant savings to the taxpayers to the tune of over $14 million Canadian. While these results are encouraging, additional studies are needed to extend the examination of these potential benefits.

摘要

在本文中，我们估计了有效的性犯罪者治疗可以带来的经济收益。我们的估计基于对监狱性犯罪者计划的早期结果评估和向司法系统重新犯罪的成本报告。结果研究报告称，与匹配的未经治疗的性犯罪者组相比，再犯率显着降低。我们表明，这些重新犯罪的减少不仅使大量人免于随后被犯罪者虐待，还为纳税人节省了超过 1400 万加元的巨额开支。虽然这些结果令人鼓舞，但还需要更多的研究来扩展对这些潜在益处的检查。