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42 Prob. J. 2 (1995)

handle is hein.journals/probj42 and id is 1 raw text is: The Therapeutic Impact of Sex Offender Treatment Programmes In the second phase of the Sex Offender Treatment Evaluation Project (STEP) for the Home Office, studying the impact of seven programmes, the STEP Team collected extensive psychometric data from participants before and after treatment, observed the work undertaken and interviewed group leaders. The Team summarise their findings and make a number of recommendations that may be useful to practitioners. F ollowing Barker and Morgan's' review of the literature on the nature, evaluation and efficacy of sex offender treatment programmes and survey of the provision of such programmes by, or for, the Probation Service, this paper describes the second phase of the research. The Programmnes Studied Six probation programmes were selected for detailed evaluation of their therapeutic impact upon sex offenders because they were both well-established and represented this range of treatment programmes offered by the Probation Service. The only residential private specialist centre for the treatment of child abusers in the UK was also evaluated because it had a high national profile; it was a significant influence on the development of treatment programmes through its training courses for Probation Officers; the majority of its clients were funded by Probation Services or Local Authority Social Services Departments. None of the programmes have been named to protect client confidentiality. The Aims of the Study were to: describe the content of programmes; identify what aspects of programmes might be the most effective in producing change; * examine the impact of treatment on clients; make recommendations as to how treatment programmes might improve their effectiveness; collect data for a long-term reconviction study. 2