A survey of treatment programmes for sex offenders in North America.

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Abstract
Provincial and state correctional departments and related mental health agencies were contacted regarding sex offender treatment programmes offered within their jurisdictions. Descriptions of 22 U.S. and 12 Canadian programmes were received. Programmes were examined along 16 dimensions: year of implementation, participating agencies, target population, referral sources, assessments, capacity, staffing, treatment duration, treatment intensity, location, patient basis (in- or outpatient), community resources, therapeutic services, therapeutic orientation, evaluation, and follow-up. A wide range of services was noted among the sample of U.S. programmes. Programme variation was ascribed to differences in target population, the therapeutic orientation, and the availability of resources. In Canada, programmes tended to be behaviourally oriented and hostpital-based, with motivation to change as the admittance criterion. A paucity of evaluation and follow-up data was observed for both countries.

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