The effectiveness of treatment for sexual offenders: A comprehensive meta-analysis

By F. Lösel, Martin Schmucker. 2005

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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In Clinical Psychology

1. J. Levenson
2. F. Lösel
3. Martin Schmucker
4. C. Hollin
5. A. Beech
6. K. Dobson
7. R. K. Hanson
8. L. Harkins

In Sociology and Political Science

1. J. Levenson
2. F. Lösel
3. C. Hollin
4. K. Dobson
5. Martin Schmucker
6. A. Beech
7. L. Harkins
8. R. Mann

Citations in the corpus

• Handbook of cognitive-behavioral therapies (2009, positive): “The patient may believe that he or she can cope with problems as long as he or she remains in therapy, but that it will be impossible to handle them on his or her own. If a collaborative working relationship has already developed, then the therapist will need to place even more responsibility for th”
• A review of the factors that can influence the effectiveness of sexual offender treatment: Risk, need, responsivity, and process issues (2007, background): “Marques et al. (2005) found improvements within treatment on phallometric measures of deviant sexual arousal.”
• Incorporating trauma-informed care into evidence-based sex offender treatment (2014, background): “Researchers have detected reductions in both sexual and general recidivism with treatment based on cognitive-behavioural treatment approaches; sexual recidivism can decline as much as 40% after such interventions (Hanson et al., 2002; Losel & Schmucker, 2005).”
• The Principles of Effective Correctional Treatment Also Apply To Sexual Offenders (2009, methodology): “In criminology, where random assignment studies are comparatively rare, the Maryland scale (Sherman et al., 1997) is one of the most commonly used (see also Aos, Phipps, Barnoski, & Lieb, 1999; Lösel & Schmucker, 2005).”
• Assessing Risk for Sexual Recidivism: Some Proposals on the Nature of Psychologically Meaningful Risk Factors (2010, background): “…given that offenders who complete treatment are lower risk than untreated offenders (Hanson, Bourgon, Helmus, & Hodgson, 2009; Hanson et al., 2002; Lösel & Schmucker, 2005), low motivation is related to dropping out of treatment (Beyko & Wong, 2005), and dropping out of treatment is associated…”
• Evaluating offending behaviour programmes (2008, methodology): “Lösel and Schmucker (2005) reported a meta-analysis of treatment effectiveness for sex offenders, coding study methodology using the Maryland Scientific Methods Scale.”
• The Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Offenders (2007, methodology): “Meta-analyses and summative reviews of treatment effectiveness have also demonstrated a range of effect sizes for sex-offender treatment (e.g., Furby, Weinrott, & Blackshaw, 1989; Gallagher, Wilson, Hirschfield, Coggeshall, & MacKenzie, 1999; Hall, 1995; Losel & Schmucker, 2005).”
• Public Perceptions About Sex Offenders and Community Protection Policies (2007, background): “cant difference was similar to the findings of Losel and Schmucker (2005), who”
• Making Sense out of Nonsense: The Deconstruction of State-Level Sex Offender Residence Restrictions (2008, background): “What’s more, meta-analysis outcomes indicate that offenders who successfully complete cognitive behavioral modification treatment protocols tend to fail (recidivate) less often and fail (recidivate) less quickly than their non-treated counterparts (Alexander 1999; Aos et al. 2001; Hall 1995; Hanson ”
• Sexual offender treatment for reducing recidivism among convicted sex offenders: a systematic review and meta‐analysis (2017, methodology): “Some metaanalyses concentrated on psychotherapeutic/psychosocial interventions only (e.g. Hanson et al., 2002), whereas others also included hormonal medication and surgical castration (Lösel & Schmucker, 2005).”
• DOES A WATCHED POT BOIL? A Time-Series Analysis of New York State's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Law (2008, background): “…is not supported by research, which has found cognitive-behavioral therapy to significantly reduce rates of sexual recidivism (see Craig, Browne, & Stringer, 2003; Hatch-Maillette, Scalora, Huss, & Baumgartner, 2001; Lösel & Schmucker, 2005; McGrath, Cumming, Livingston, & Hoke, 2003).”
• A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of young offender treatment programs in Europe (2013, background): “In demonstration projects, the study authors are often involved in the development or delivery of programs that also coincide with larger effect sizes (e.g., Eisner 2009; Lipsey and Wilson 1998; Lösel and Schmucker 2005).”
• Publication bias as a threat to the validity of meta-analytic results (2008, background): “Illescas et al. 2001; Losel and Schmucker 2005 ) or they have conducted a file-drawer analysis and calculated a failsafe N (cf.”
• Social Policies Designed to Prevent Sexual Violence (2007, methodology): “…not guarantee success in every case, several researchers’ studies have shown that treatment can diminish sex offense recidivism (Hanson et al., 2002; Losel & Schmucker, 2005) and that sex offenders who successfully complete treatment programs are rearrested less often than are those who do not…”