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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment
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A Cautionary Note Regarding Nicholaichuk et al. (2000)

R. Karl Hanson

Corrections Research, Department of the Solicitor General of Canada, 340 Laurier Ave., West, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0P8, Canada, hansonk{at}sgc.gc.ca.

Terry Nicholaichuk

Correctional Service of Canada (Prairies), Suite 601, 230-22nd Street, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 0E9, Canada, nicholaichukTP{at}csc-scc.gc.ca.

The treatment outcome study by Nicholaichuk, Gordon, Gu, and Wong (2000) used a novel method for identifying a comparison group of untreated sex offenders (i.e., drawing from existing criminal history records). A potential problem with their approach is that older records would be expected to include a disproportionate numbers of recidivists. Such an artifact is identified in Nicholaichuk et al.'s (2000) study; nevertheless, their data continue to suggest a small, positive effect for treatment even after eliminating the cases in which bias is most likely.

Key Words: sexual offenders • treatment outcome • recidivism research • criminal history records.

Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, Vol. 12, No. 4, 289-293 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/107906320001200405
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