NCJ Number
99147
Journal
Victimology Volume: 9 Issue: 3-4 Dated: (1984) Pages: 426-435
Date Published
1984
Length
10 pages
Annotation
Incarcerated sex offenders often display deficient regard for their victims, other survivors of sexual assault, or women in general.
Abstract
One method to enhance personalization of females, especially sexually victimized females, is through face-to-face encounters between offenders and persons who work with victims. A program is described which included a community rape counselor and police department rape investigators, all females, as members of ongoing psychotherapy groups with incarcerated sexual offenders, and the offenders' therapists reported gains from the meetings despite initial trepidation. A number of advantages are ascribed to employing people who work with victims as members of offender treatment teams. (Author abstract)