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CFR Researches Residents 2002-2003 Find out how residents view the MN Sex Offender Program. Click Here |
Mission Statement Citizens For Reform is dedicated to providing support and advocacy for individuals incarcerated under civil commit-ment schemes. Our focus is to heighten the awareness of commitment centers' activities; and by doing so, to create a forum for critical analysis of such civil commitment schemes. Citizens For Reform upholds principles and morals of honesty, disclosure, forgiveness, redemption and restorative justice. |
Sex Offenders: DOES TREATMENT WORK? If you ask the average citizen to describe a sex offender, you will probably get a picture of a drooling violent predator, either retarded or scheming, who rapes and kills women and children for sexual pleasure. If you ask what can be done about these offenders, responses will likely range from castration to electrocution because it is believed nothing less will stop them from offending again in the future. Such stereotypes do not reflect reality, but they do drive criminal justice policy. Sex offenders have become the new bogeymen, used by politicians to intimidate and scare citizens concerned about public safety. Often the claims have more to do with scoring political points than creating a safer society. Though more research is always helpful and needed, enough is now known to draw some broad conclusions: Treated or untreated, few sex offenders re-offend after being caught. Sex offenders actually re-offend less than other types of offenders, and treatment works to lower re-offense rates. A study by the NCIA in 1995 showed that only 13% of once-caught sex offenders ever recidivate. That means that 87% of them do not go on to commit another sex crime. |
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