Some interesting information on the impact of targeted mental health therapy and the recidivism rates of sexual assault offenders:
“Despite their concerns about methodological limitations, the authors summarize several studies attempting to examine the effects of treatment on recidivism. A 1980 study of 260 mentally disordered sex offenders treated in a California maximum security hospital and compared with a group of untreated sex offenders released from prisons showed 15% recidivism for the treatment group compared with 25% for the untreated group. The greatest difference was for child molesters offending against boys (15% for treated and 38% for untreated). For child molesters offending against girls, the difference was not statistically significant (20% for treated and 18% for untreated). The follow-up period was five years and recidivism was measured by reconviction.”
https://www.cga.ct.gov/PS97/rpt/olr/htm/97-R-1451.htm
"It is worth noting that some of the subgroup analyses performed in the California Sex Offender Treatment and Evaluation Project study did find a treatment effect. Specifically, high-risk offenders who participated in treatment and demonstrated they "got it " — meaning that they derived benefit from the program, or basically met specified treatment goals — recidivated at a significantly lower rate than offenders who "did not get it.“10 Only 10 percent of the high-risk treated offenders who “got it” recidivated, compared to 50 percent of the high-risk subjects who “did not get it.” While this finding was based on a small sample — only 38 high-risk study subjects were part of the analysis ― a similar finding was observed for treated child molesters who “got it” based on a larger sample of 126 subjects. Individuals with child victims who “got it” recidivated at a significantly lower rate than similar offenders who “did not get it” — 9.3 percent compared to 31.3 percent”
https://smart.ojp.gov/somapi/chapter-7-effectiveness-treatment-adult-sex-offenders
I would also implore everyone to learn about restorative justice as well as (P OCD)
I mean he has done two AMAs on hexbear so clearly he is
https://hexbear.net/post/240228
https://hexbear.net/post/712631