SEXUAL OFFENDERS

Psychological and Legal Controls of Sexual Offenders

Psychological and Legal Controls of Sexual Offenders

Introduction

Today violence and crime specifically referred to sexual that is something that has become a constant concern for both citizens and local authorities. On one hand, sexual crime is a problem with a low prevalence beyond a concrete reality, but on the other hand, the magnitude and complexity that exceeds any single approach, whether historical, legal, and psychosocial and any other kind. A sex offender which also, known as a sexual offender or sexual abuser or sex abuser is a person who has committed a sex crime. The constitution of sex crime fluctuates by legal jurisdiction and culture. Different societies and states governed by their own policies of banning this particular sexual behavior. However, there should be psychological and legal controls on sexual offenders in society. There are many ways of controlling these crimes few discussed in this paper which are very effective for the crime offenders. In this paper, we are discussing two controls which are effective, and two controls which are not effective for the management of sexual offenders (www.ebook3000.com).

Discussion

To illuminate the issue of management of sex offenders, the first thing is to highlight the issues for treatment in psychiatry and forensic psychology which is the benchmarks revisited therapeutic techniques, psychopathology assessment and analysis, relevant or not, and against reality transference and transference issues and referred to the therapeutic strategy.

The first theoretical models of current applied behavioral behaviors of sexual abuse were simplistic, linear and mono-causal. Behavior resulted from sexual abuse to a single factor, deviant sexual arousal. The theoretical model has evolved over the years' 80 to a multifactorial design takes into account various biological, psycho logical and social factors that may be involved in the acquisition and maintenance of sexual behavior.

The integration of current cognitive gave birth to the therapeutic model of 'relapse prevention' which proved very useful and promising with regard to clinical efficacy. The object of study of cognitive is the conscious system, which includes intellectual and ideational perceptions of self and others, representations and interpretations of the subject. Some cognition, ideas that constitute the belief system of the subject is unjustified, inappropriate and may encourage them to pass the act of sexual abuse. This same belief system then allows excusing, explaining and rationalizing the act of committing that it will become common.

We briefly review this model of 'relapse prevention' and then make an inventory of research on the therapeutic efficacy of cognitive-behavioral treatment of sexual abusers. Then we will draw the appropriate conclusions based on variable criteria of validity of the research discussed.

Effective Controls

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

The cognitive-behavioral treatment came into play when it realized that sex offenders had a distorted view of their same feelings and behaviors and their victim. However, for the purposes of this discussion, one intervention proven successful for violent offenders referred to as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). This approach focuses on anger and emotions management and problem solving. It considered easier to use than traditional counseling, such as one-on-one ...