TY - JOUR
T1 - The effectiveness of sexual offender treatment for Juveniles as measured by recidivism
T2 - A meta-analysis
AU - Reitzel, Lorraine R.
AU - Carbonell, Joyce L.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/10
Y1 - 2006/10
N2 - Published and unpublished data from nine studies on juvenile sexual offender treatment effectiveness were summarized by meta-analysis (N=2986, 2604 known male). Recidivism rates for sexual, non-sexual violent, non-sexual non-violent crimes, and unspecified non-sexual were as follows: 12.53%, 24.73%, 28.51%, and 20.40%, respectively, based on an average 59-month follow-up period. Four included studies contained a control group (n=2288) and five studies included a comparison treatment group (n=698). An average weighted effect size of 0.43 (CI=0.33-0.55) was obtained, indicating a statistically significant effect of treatment on sexual recidivism. However, individual study characteristics (e.g., handling of dropouts and non-equivalent follow-up periods between treatment groups) suggest that results should be interpreted with caution. A comparison of odds ratios by quality of study design indicated that higher quality designs yielded better effect sizes, though the difference between groups was not significant.
AB - Published and unpublished data from nine studies on juvenile sexual offender treatment effectiveness were summarized by meta-analysis (N=2986, 2604 known male). Recidivism rates for sexual, non-sexual violent, non-sexual non-violent crimes, and unspecified non-sexual were as follows: 12.53%, 24.73%, 28.51%, and 20.40%, respectively, based on an average 59-month follow-up period. Four included studies contained a control group (n=2288) and five studies included a comparison treatment group (n=698). An average weighted effect size of 0.43 (CI=0.33-0.55) was obtained, indicating a statistically significant effect of treatment on sexual recidivism. However, individual study characteristics (e.g., handling of dropouts and non-equivalent follow-up periods between treatment groups) suggest that results should be interpreted with caution. A comparison of odds ratios by quality of study design indicated that higher quality designs yielded better effect sizes, though the difference between groups was not significant.
KW - Juvenile sex offender recidivism
KW - Juvenile sex offender treatment
KW - Meta-analysis
KW - Study quality
KW - Treatment effectiveness
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U2 - 10.1007/s11194-006-9031-2
DO - 10.1007/s11194-006-9031-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 17136623
AN - SCOPUS:33845486676
SN - 1079-0632
VL - 18
SP - 401
EP - 421
JO - Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment
JF - Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment
IS - 4
ER -