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    How should "acceptance of responsibility" be addressed in sexual offending treatment programs? (2012)

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    https://hdl.handle.net/10092/104835
    
    Publisher's DOI/URI
    http://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2012.02.009
    
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    Elsevier BV
    ISSN
    1359-1789
    1873-6335
    Language
    en
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    Authors
    Mann RE
    ware, jayson cc
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    Abstract

    Sexual offenders in treatment programs are usually expected to take responsibility for their offending-which we define, on the basis of a literature review, as giving a detailed and precise disclosure of events which avoids external attributions of cause and matches the official/victim's account of the offense. However, research has not established that a failure to take responsibility for offending is a risk factor for future recidivism. In this paper, we critically review and evaluate the literature on taking responsibility for offending, to determine the rationale for the popularity of this treatment target. We consider the reasons why sex offenders fail to take responsibility for their offending and examine some potential problems with focusing on this goal in treatment programs. We also describe alternative treatment strategies for taking responsibility and conclude that there is less need for offenders to take responsibility for their past offending than there is for them to take responsibility for their future actions. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

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    Ware J, Mann RE (2012). How should "acceptance of responsibility" be addressed in sexual offending treatment programs?. Aggression and Violent Behavior. 17(4). 279-288.
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    ANZSRC Fields of Research
    44 - Human society::4402 - Criminology::440202 - Correctional theory, offender treatment and rehabilitation
    52 - Psychology::5201 - Applied and developmental psychology::520103 - Forensic psychology
    52 - Psychology::5203 - Clinical and health psychology::520302 - Clinical psychology
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651

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