TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - The characteristics of persistent sexual offenders: a meta-analysis of recidivism studies
JO  - Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
A1  - Hanson, R. Karl
A1  - Morton-Bourgon, Kelly E.
SP  - 1154
EP  - 1163
VL  - 73
IS  - 6
N2  - A meta-analysis of 82 recidivism studies (1,620 findings from 29,450 sexual offenders) identified deviant sexual preferences and antisocial orientation as the major predictors of sexual recidivism for both adult and adolescent sexual offenders. Antisocial orientation was the major predictor of violent recidivism and general (any) recidivism. The review also identified some dynamic risk factors that have the potential of being useful treatment targets (e.g., sexual preoccupations, general self-regulation problems). Many of the variables commonly addressed in sex offender treatment programs (e.g., psychological distress, denial of sex crime, victim empathy, stated motivation for treatment) had little or no relationship with sexual or violent recidivism.
LA  - 
SN  - 0022-006X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-006X.73.6.1154
ID  - ref1
ER  -