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This study was undertaken with the purpose of providing a planning document for future infrastructure by evaluation of the existing structures through functional/security analysis, engineering analysis and an architectural overview and lifecycle assessment. This analysis provides a foundation for space planning for future structures, utilizing evidence based practice and the parameters of increasing offender population by 170 persons. All assessments, projection and conclusions consider possible growth as a paramount component of achieving public value and sustainable design.
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Treatment Articles
Measuring Working Alliance with Non-Voluntary Clients: An Investigation of Response Validity
The depth of research on the working alliance with non-voluntary clients is quite limited, particularly in regard to the reliability of offender endorsements of the working alliance. Using a sample of convicted sexual offenders, court ordered to participate in treatment, this study compared anonymous endorsements on the Working Alliance Inventory-Short (WAI-S) with identifiable endorsements of the alliance with their probation/parole officer and group therapist. Counter to the studies hypothesis, results reveal no significant differences between anonymous and identifiable endorsements on the WAI-S. Implications for further research and use of the WAI-S with non-voluntary clients are discussed.
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Who said sex offender treatment doesn´t work?
Troy Jones and Tony Tatman recently conducted a study where they investigated Jesness - R personality scale changes in convicted sexual offenders during the course of their treatment. Results reveal that statistically significant improvement was observed in the offenders´ emotional and cognitive maturity, ability to identify and process personal thoughts and emotions, as well as self-esteem and interpersonal interactions. Results also show that during the course of their treatment the sex offenders showed significant decreases in their tendencies to distort reality in order to fit their wants and needs. Lastly, results reveal a considerable reduction in the overall number of elevated personality scales from pretest to follow-up (24 months later). These findings provide compelling evidence of the effectiveness of sex offender treatment in decreasing criminogenic needs known to impact a sex offender´s risk to recidivate.
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Another Look at Sex Offender Treatment Efficacy: A Within-Treatment Design [PDF]