Event Title
An Adolescent Sex Offender Treatment Program: Recidivism Rates with Implications on Personality Traits
Presentation Type
Oral and/or Visual Presentation
Presenter Major(s)
Criminal Justice
Mentor Information
Kathleen Bailey
Department
School of Criminal Justice
Location
Kirkhof Center 2266
Start Date
10-4-2013 12:00 AM
End Date
10-4-2013 12:00 AM
Keywords
Social Science
Abstract
In 1988, the Kent County Juvenile Court (Grand Rapids, Michigan) implemented an innovative program for juvenile sex offenders. This program, the Adolescent Sex Offenders Treatment Program (ASOTP) was designed to provide comprehensive treatment services to this population. The presenters will discuss the ASOTP and review current research designed to address issues of sexual offending as it pertains to personality types and recidivism rates. This presentation is designed to assist mental health providers, juvenile court workers and judges in assessing the needs of adolescent sex offenders in order to provide comprehensive treatment services to this population.
An Adolescent Sex Offender Treatment Program: Recidivism Rates with Implications on Personality Traits
Kirkhof Center 2266
In 1988, the Kent County Juvenile Court (Grand Rapids, Michigan) implemented an innovative program for juvenile sex offenders. This program, the Adolescent Sex Offenders Treatment Program (ASOTP) was designed to provide comprehensive treatment services to this population. The presenters will discuss the ASOTP and review current research designed to address issues of sexual offending as it pertains to personality types and recidivism rates. This presentation is designed to assist mental health providers, juvenile court workers and judges in assessing the needs of adolescent sex offenders in order to provide comprehensive treatment services to this population.