Investigation into Issues in the Sex Offender Treatment Intervention Program in Taiwan
| Autor: | CHEN,KE-WEI, 陳科維 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 105 Taiwan established its sex offender treatment intervention policy in 1994. Since then, several amendments have been made and the program has been divided into the following four categories: pre-incarceration assessment and treatment, inmate treatment, post-incarceration treatment, and community intervention. Different intervention schemes, whether stipulated by old provisions or described in new amendments, are applied according to the date the sexual offense occurred. The present study recruited eighteen practitioners through purposive sampling that involved qualitative interviews and open-ended questionnaires. Their professional opinions were analyzed to gain insight into the current status of the implementation of inmate treatment, post-incarceration treatment, and community intervention, including community treatment and community supervision. This study also investigates whether any improvements can be made and provides suggestions for future policymakers. The study found that the current inmate treatment programs are introducing reforms through assigning designated prisons to carry out treatment programs and exclusively implement psychiatric treatment or counselling to comply more closely with the regulations governed by the Prison Act. In terms of post-incarceration treatment, offenders in cases defined separately by Article 91-1 of the Criminal Code and Article 22-1 of the Sexual Assault Crime Prevention Act receive treatment at different facilities. For treatment of cases under the former provision, the Taichung Prison Hospital has commissioned the assistance of China Medical University Hospital; the cases described in the latter provision are handled by the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Tsaotum Psychiatric Center, which has established a treatment center in Taichung Prison. No significant changes have been made in community supervision and treatment, and the treatment plans are carried out in accordance with laws and regulations. In summary, this study draws on the experience and opinions of the interviewees to propose the following eight major recommendations: 1) Increase manpower for treatment; 2) emphasize the training and fostering of polygraph examiners as polygraph technology develops with time; 3) integrate the Juvenile Delinquency Act and the Sexual Assault Crime Prevention Act to establish a specific set of laws for juvenile delinquents involving offenses against morality; clarify what ‘be necessary’ means in Article 20 of the Sexual Assault Crime Prevention Act; 4) solve the issue of failing to prevent individual offenders from leaving the country; 5) establish specific facilities for post-incarceration treatment as soon as possible, and rapidly improve community treatment centers; 6) continue to construct local sex offender assessment scales; 7) build risk assessment measures and halfway houses; and 8) assist with re-integration into society and reducing labeling. |
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