Issues in the treatment of sexual offenders - Recent developments and directions for future research

Research related to the treatment of sexual offenders will be reviewed. The authors argue that recent research suggests that sex offenders treated using current approaches will benefit from therapy. Questions about efficacy of sex offender treatment have prevented more detailed investigations as to how therapeutic approaches might be improved with this population. It is argued that theoretical developments with reference to treatment have allowed for more specific questions to be investigated. Examples of this type of research are discussed. The article concludes that there is much need for additional research with. reference to the treatment of sexual offenders. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.