Community-based sex offender management: Combining parole supervision and treatment to reduce recidivism

This article describes a community-based sexual offender management protocol combining parole supervision and relapse prevention treatment. Outcome data are presented regarding the community-based maintenance of 107 sexual offenders released to the Central Ontario District (Toronto) over an eight year period. Overall rates of 21.0% for general reoffending, 10.3% for violent reoffending, and 3.7% for Sexual re-offending were observed, with the mean time of follow-up being 3 years, 7 months. These results are discussed in comparison to results recently reported by other treatment sites. The outcome in this study suggests that valid risk assessment, in combination with a well-defined supervision strategy (i.e., collaboration of community-based relapse prevention treatment and knowledgeable parole supervision) is an effective method for the management of sexual recidivism In the community.