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Treating Substance-Abusing Sex Offenders in a Correctional Environment: Lessons From the California Experience  


Author:  William M. Burdon.; Trudy Carol  Kilian.; Igor Koutsenok.; Michael L. Prendergast.


Source: Volume 01, Number 01, January/February 2001 , pp.03-06(4)




Offender Substance Abuse Report

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Abstract: 

This piece begins by making an important distinction between “legal” and “clinical” sex offenders, and is followed by a brief discussion of the relationship between substance abuse and sex offending behavior and some of the obstacles to treating substance abusing sex offenders. The article concludes with the presentation of a recently proposed framework for addressing some of the obstacles to providing effective treatment to this unique population of offenders.

Keywords: sex offenders

Affiliations:  1: UCLA; 3: UCSD; 4: UCLA.

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