I suggest an
excellent book by Franklin
Zimring “an American Travesty.”
Maureen Pacheco
Los Angeles County Public
Defender's Office
Juvenile Appellate
Attorney
Office: (818) 576-8656
Fax: (818) 576-8650
I have a couple of
questions for
the listserv. I am currently working with a number of young men
referred
to our agency who have engaged in molesting young victims—both family
and
non-family. I am curious to know what research is available regarding
the
following issues:
1.
What is the recidivism
rate for sexually maladaptive youth who successfully complete treatment
designed to address their sexually acting out behavior? What factors
are
most relevant to address in lowering that rate?
2.
Is there comparative research
documenting the recidivism rate of youth who do not complete sex
offender
treatment? For example, what would the rate be for kids who are simply
incarcerated and not treated compared to a treatment group? Or what is
the recidivism rate of kids who participate in some form of generic
residential
or outpatient treatment as opposed to treatment specifically for
sexually
maladaptive youth?
3.
Finally, I understand that there
is literature indicating that treatment for sexually maladaptive youth
loses
its effectiveness after a certain length of time in treatment. I’ve
even heard that it becomes counterproductive at some point. Is this
true
and could someone provide me with the citations to such literature?
Thank you for whatever
feedback
you can provide to me!
