| NCJ Number: |
154662  |
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| Title: |
Forensic Treatment in the United States: A Survey of Selected Forensic Hospitals, Massachusetts Treatment Center |
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| Journal: |
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry Volume:16 Dated:(1993) Pages:117-132 |
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| Author(s): |
D L Carter; R A Prentky |
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| Date Published: |
1993 |
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| Page Count: |
16 |
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| Type: |
Survey |
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| Format: |
Article |
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| Language: |
English |
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| Country: |
United Kingdom |
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| Annotation: |
The Massachusetts Treatment Center was established in 1959 as an inpatient facility to provide evaluation, treatment, and safe release of the repetitive and/or violent sexual offender. |
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| Abstract: |
The history of the Center in some ways reflects a legislative response that has enacted and repealed sexual psychopath laws across the U.S. While 25 States had statutes that created a special category of sexual psychopath offenders by 1975, many of those States had repealed their laws by 1981. The repeal of these statutes has been attributed to several factors including the influence of the feminist movement, the growing dissatisfaction among psychiatrists with the task of evaluating sexual dangerousness, and the emergence of due process issues. Clinical services provided at the Center include all models of psychotherapeutic intervention as well as rehabilitative services in the areas of education, vocational and nonvocational training, and recreation. At present, treatment effectiveness is evaluated through individual reports and postrelease follow-up outcomes. 2 tables, 2 notes, and 19 references |
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| Main Term(s): |
Sex offender treatment |
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| Index Term(s): |
Massachusetts; Sex offenders; Surveys |
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| Note: |
NIJ Reprint Series. Reprinted with permission from Elsevier Science Ltd. |
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