TY  - SER
AU  - Beggs, S.M.
AU  - Grace, Randolph C.
TI  - Treatment gain for sexual offenders against children predicts reduced recidivism : : a comparative validity study
PY  - 2011///
PB  - Sage
KW  - INCEST
KW  - OFFENDERS
KW  - PERPETRATOR PROGRAMMES
KW  - RECIDIVISM
KW  - RISK ASSESSMENT
KW  - SEX OFFENDERS
KW  - TREATMENT
KW  - CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
KW  - SEXUAL VIOLENCE
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011, 79(2): 182-192
N2  - The objective of this study was to determine whether pro-social treatment change in sexual offenders would predict reductions in recidivism beyond static and dynamic risk factors measured at pretreatment and whether different methods for assessing change based on self-reports and structured clinical rating systems would show convergent validity. The three methods used were measures of change derived from offender self-reports on a psychometric battery administered both pre- and posttreatment, change across treatment on the Violence Risk Scale: Sexual Offender Version (VRS:SO;), and posttreatment ratings on the Standard Goal Attainment Scaling for Sex Offenders (SGAS). The research was based on a sample of 218 child molesters who received treatment at a prison-based program (Kia Marama Sex Offender Treatment Program) in New Zealand. Record #4240
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0022900 
ER  -