Changing sexual offender behaviour and assessing risk for reoffending
Publication year: 2015
We found 11 systematic reviews and 21 primary studies
and non-systematic reviews relevant to the questions. Of
these, seven reviews and 11 studies addressed the first question about remediation/rehabilitation models in
changing sexual offender behaviour, and five reviews and 10 primary studies addressed the second question
about models for identifying the risk of sexual offenders for reoffending (one systematic review included
information relevant to both questions). None of the reviews specifically addressed physicians and only one
older study focused on physicians by providing a comparison of characteristics of physician sexual offenders
to other sexual offenders. In addition, most of the evidence we identified emanates from a criminological
perspective, with participants drawn directly from penal institutions and/or secure hospital settings, and use
criminal charges and conviction rates as outcomes measured.