TY - JOUR PY - 1999// TI - Cognitive-behavioral treatment for rapists: can we do better? JO - Clinical psychology review A1 - Marx, B. P. A1 - Miranda, R. A1 - Meyerson, L. A. SP - 875 EP - 894 VL - 19 IS - 7 N2 - A review of treatment studies with rapists suggests that the currently used cognitive-behavioral treatment strategies remain limited in their success. The current article proposes that some reasons for the limited success may be that current treatment approaches do not adequately address the heterogeneity of the population, emphasize changing patterns of physiological arousal and cognitive distortions rather than psychological acceptance, and neglect to address differences in the function of sexually aggressive behavior among individuals. With the hope of decreasing rates of victimization and preventing recidivism by rapists, this article offers several treatment suggestions that should be tested empirically to determine if treatment efficacy can be increased with this population.

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