Sex offenders: risk assessment, risck factor and treatment
Resumo
Sex offending is a modality of crime that has intense public appeal and aversion, raising political discussions about punishment and means to reduce recidivism. Since in Brazil there is no legal life sentence, attempts to treat and reduce risk are extremely important. The general concerns over this population of criminals is justified, since statistics show that between 10 and 19% of them will reoffend within 4 to 5 years. In a recent meta-analysis of 118 prediction studies, for a pooled sample of 28,757 adult sex offenders, sexual recidivism rate was 11.5%, and any violent recidivism occurred in 19.5% of the cases and general recidivism in 33.2%9. Recidivism for any kind of crime can be as high as 43%, demonstrating that sexual offences are not the only concern for this population. The picture for adolescents can be even worse: in an Australian sample of 303 male sex offenders, 25% were
reconvicted before their 18th birthday and, as adults, 9% were charged for sexual offences, while a total of 61.3% were convicted for non-sexual offences as adults. (trecho)
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