| Autor: |
Lösel, Friedrich, Link, Eva, Schmucker, Martin, Bender, Doris, Breuer, Maike, Carl, Lena, Endres, Johann, Lauchs, Lora |
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| Zdroj: |
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research & Treatment (Sage); Jun2020, Vol. 32 Issue 4, p452-475, 24p |
| Abstrakt: |
Although there is less continuity of sexual offending in the life course than stereotypes suggest, treatment should lead to a further reduction of reoffending. Contrary to this aim, a recent large British study using propensity score matching (PSM) showed some negative effects of the core sex offender treatment program (SOTP) in prisons. International meta-analyses on the effects of sex offender treatment revealed that there is considerable variety in the results, and methodological aspects and the context play a significant role. Therefore, this study compared different designs in the evaluation of sex offender treatment in German prisons. PSM was compared with an exact matching (EM) by the Static-99 in a sample of 693 sex offenders from Bavarian prisons. Most results were similar for both methods and not significant due to low base rates. There was a treatment effect at p < .05 on general recidivism in the EM and at p = .06 on serious reoffending in the PSM. For sexual recidivism, EM showed a negative trend, whereas PSM suggested the opposite. Overall, the study underlines the need for more replications of evaluations of routine practice, methodological comparisons, sensitive outcome criteria, and differentiated policy information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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