Carl L, Lösel F (2021)
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2021
Original Authors: Lena C. Carl, Friedrich Lösel
Book Volume: 0
Issue: 0
Sex offender outpatient treatment has become increasingly important in recent years. Particularly since the reform of legal supervision (»Führungsaufsicht«) in 2006, aftercare interventions for released offenders have been successively expanded. A large proportion of sex offenders are legally mandated to participate in aftercare treatment, via probation conditions or directives from the supervision board, but to date there is little information on the frequency, predictors, or effectiveness of these conditions. This study therefore uses a sample of released male sex offenders (n = 1.537) to examine which individual, incarceration-, and release-related factors are linked to a condition for treatment. In addition, it analyses their effect on recidivism when controlling for other relevant factors. A comprehensive questionnaire completed by specialized personal upon release served as the data basis. Our results show that 77 % of all sex offenders received a legal condition for treatment. The proportion increased significantly since 2004. Younger offenders, offenders with only child victims, with lower Static-99 scores, and those treated in prison were more likely to receive a condition for aftercare treatment. For untreated sex offenders, treatment condition was associated with reduced recidivism; for offenders with individual and group therapy, this was true only for violent recidvism. For those participating in social-therapeutic treatment, condition for aftercare was not a significant predictor. Implications for sex offender aftercare and further research approaches are discussed.
APA:
Carl, L., & Lösel, F. (2021). Therapieauflagen und Nachsorge bei haftentlassenen Sexualstraftätern: Prädiktoren und Zusammenhänge mit der Rückfälligkeit. Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform, 0. https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mks-2021-0142
MLA:
Carl, Lena, and Friedrich Lösel. "Therapieauflagen und Nachsorge bei haftentlassenen Sexualstraftätern: Prädiktoren und Zusammenhänge mit der Rückfälligkeit." Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform 0 (2021).
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