The effectiveness of sexual offender treatment for juveniles as measured by recidivism: a meta-analysis.  

Oleh:

Reitzel, Lorraine R. ; Carbonell, Joyce L.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Sexual Abuse vol. 18 no. 4 (Oct. 2006), page 401.
Topik: Juvenile Sex Offender Treatment - Meta-Analysis; Treatment Effectiveness - Study Quality; Juvenile Sex Offender Recidivism
Fulltext: 401.pdf (1.37MB)

Isi artikel

Published and unpublished data from nine studies on juvenile sexual offender treatment effectiveness were summarized by meta-analysis (N = 2986, 2604 known male). Recidivism rates for sexual, non-sexual violent, non-sexual non-violent crimes, and unspecified non-sexual were as follows: 12.53%, 24.73%, 28.51%, and 20.40%, respectively, based on an average 59-month follow-up period. Four included studies contained a control group (n = 2288) and five studies included a comparison treatment group (n = 698). An average weighted effect size of 0.43 (CI = 0.33-0.55) was obtained, indicating a statistically significant effect of treatment on sexual recidivism. However, individual study characteristics (e.g., handling of dropouts and non-equivalent follow-up periods between treatment groups) suggest that results should be interpreted with caution. A comparison of odds ratios by quality of study design indicated that higher quality designs yielded better effect sizes, though the difference between groups was not significant.

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