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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment
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Treatment Retention in a Prison-based Residential Sex Offender Treatment Program

Bernadette Pelissier

Federal Bureau of Prisons, 4516 Mystic Lane, Hillsborough, NC 27278, USA, bpelissier{at}juno.com

This study assessed the role of static factors, a dynamic factor (motivation to change sexually deviant behavior), and an administrative factor in predicting treatment retention within a prison-based sex offender treatment program. The analyses also included assessing differences in initial levels of motivation and differences in beginning-versus end-of-treatment motivation scores for various types of program discharges. The sample consisted of 251 individuals who were admitted to a residential prison-based sex offender treatment program where 46% completed the program. Paired comparison t-tests showed higher motivation scores at the end of treatment only among treatment completers. Multivariate analyses showed that treatment retention was associated with higher initial motivation scores, higher levels of education and admission to treatment within 3 months of initial commitment to prison. Implications for motivational enhancement programming as well as for changes in admission criteria are discussed.

Key Words: Sex offenders • Treatment retention • Prison • Motivation

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, Vol. 19, No. 4, 333-346 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/107906320701900401
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