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ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2021

Does Treatment for Sexual Offending Work?

Nichola Tyler, Theresa A Gannon, Mark E Olver

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In one paragraph

Review in Current psychiatry reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Motives for Sex and Sexual Perpetration in College Men: An Exploratory Study.Sexual abuse : a journal of research and treatment · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Nichola TylerSchool of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand. Nichola.Tyler@vuw.ac.nz.ORCID 0000-0002-3717-1941
Theresa A GannonCentre of Research and Education in Forensic Psychology (CORE-FP), School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NZ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5810-4158
Mark E OlverDepartment of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 5A5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2265-0034
University of Kent · GBUniversity of Saskatchewan · CAVictoria University of Wellington · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewWe review and synthesize the literature on the effectiveness of offense-focused treatment for sexual offending. Specifically, we consider whether the extant literature suggests treatment is effective in reducing sexual reoffending and features of effective interventions. We also consider how the design of program evaluations may influence treatment outcomes. RECENT

findingsRecent research suggests that offense-focused psychological treatment for sexual offending shows some level of effectiveness in reducing both sexual and general reoffending. Further, there appear to be key program, individual, and study design features associated with treatment effectiveness. Although recent findings paint an optimistic outlook for offense-focused psychological treatment for sexual offending, further high-quality differential studies are needed to fully understand the range of content, delivery, and individual factors associated with successful treatment outcomes so as to establish what works best for whom.

Indexed as

CriminalsSex OffensesHumansSexual BehaviorSexual offendingSexual offense treatmentSexual recidivismTreatment effectivenessTreatment moderators

Identifiers

PMID34196839
PMCPMC8249288
OpenAlexW3175588190

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