Current research provides little evidence for the effectiveness of treatment in reducing sexual offence recidivism amongst low-risk populations. However, in real-world correctional settings, program delivery rarely occurs in a vacuum, treatment may be politically mandated and unidimensional measures of program success may preclude recognition of broader benefits. The current study investigated the effectiveness of a low-intensity treatment program, both in terms of participants’ recidivism outcomes and in terms of broader organizational/systems impacts. The results demonstrated low base rate recidivism across both program participants (n = 311) and a comparison group of men who were assessed as demonstrating similar static sexual offence recidivism risk (n = 391), and little evidence of reduced recidivism following treatment. However, program administration led to many potential participants being identified as demonstrating higher levels of dynamic risk and overridden to more intensive treatment options (n = 101). Given evidence that such options do effectively reduce recidivism in higher risk populations, these findings may suggest an overall positive net effect.

目前的研究几乎没有证据表明治疗在减少低风险人群中性犯罪累犯方面的有效性。然而，在现实世界的惩教环境中，项目交付很少发生在真空中，治疗可能是政治强制的，项目成功的单维衡量标准可能会排除对更广泛利益的认可。目前的研究调查了低强度治疗计划的有效性，包括参与者的累犯结果和更广泛的组织/系统影响。结果表明，计划参与者 ( n = 311) 和被评估为表现出相似的静态性犯罪再犯风险 ( n= 391)，几乎没有证据表明治疗后累犯减少。然而，项目管理导致许多潜在参与者被确定为表现出更高水平的动态风险，并被更强化的治疗方案取代 ( n = 101)。鉴于有证据表明此类选择确实有效减少了高风险人群的累犯，这些发现可能表明总体上具有积极的净效应。