%0 Journal Article
%T The Intensity and Timing of Sex Offender Treatment
%A Andrew Day
%A Diana Johns
%A Gaynor Hobbs
%A James Vess
%A Sharon Casey
%A Stuart Ross
%J Sexual Abuse
%@ 1573-286X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1079063217745069
%X Current evidence about the impact of specialized sex offender treatment on reoffending remains inconsistent, drawing attention to the need to focus more on those program characteristics that potentially moderate outcome. This review considers current professional perspectives and evidence on two defining aspects of treatment: its intensity and timing. It is concluded that insufficient evidence currently exists to articulate best practice in this area and there is a pressing need to collect empirical evidence about the effectiveness of different intensity treatments offered at different stages of sentence
%K sex offender policy
%K treatment effectiveness
%K sexual offender treatment
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1079063217745069