@article{ref1,
title="Multisystemic Treatment of Juvenile Sexual Offenders: A Progress Report",
journal="Journal of psychology and human sexuality",
year="2001",
author="Borduin, Charles M. and Schaeffer, Cindy M.",
volume="13",
number="3-4",
pages="25-42",
abstract="Multisystemic therapy (MST) is an ecologically-based treatment model that has proven effective with violent and chronic juvenile offenders and that holds promise with juvenile sexual offenders. This article describes the empirical underpinnings, theoretical foundation, and clinical features of MST and provides a brief review of MST outcome studies with juvenile sexual offenders. The theoretical foundation and clinical features of MST draw upon empirical findings regarding the multidetermined nature of serious antisocial behavior as well as upon social-ecological models of behavior in which the youth and family's school, work, peers, and neighborhood are viewed as interconnected systems with dynamic and reciprocal influences on the behavior of family members. In 2 randomized trials, MST had positive effects on key social-ecological factors (family affective relations, peer relations, school performance) associated with sexual offending and has demonstrated long-term reductions in criminal activity and incarceration. The success of MST can be attributed primarily to (a) the match between MST intervention foci and empirically identified correlates/causes of sexual offending in youths and (b) the flexible use of well-validated intervention strategies in the natural environment. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, 2001. Copyright © 2001 by The Haworth Press)For more information on Multisystemic Therapy (MST), a Blueprints for Violence Prevention Model Program, see VioPro record number 2261.Juvenile OffenderJuvenile ViolenceJuvenile TreatmentTreatment ProgramIntervention ProgramViolence TreatmentViolence InterventionOffender TreatmentMultisystemic TherapyProgram EvaluationProgram EffectivenessBlueprints Model ReferenceSexual Assault OffenderSexual Assault TreatmentSexual Assault Intervention07-06<p />",
language="",
issn="0890-7064",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}