Dynamics of Recidivism in Sexual and Violent Offending

This volume seeks to understand and prevent recidivism among persons convicted of sex offenses. By comparing prison inmates convicted of sex offenses to other serious violent offenders, this work explores how multifaceted factors influence reoffending. It also examines the effectiveness of correctional treatment in reducing the risk of reoffending after a prison sentence due to a sex offence.

Based on a quasi-experimental, multimethod longitudinal study of 400 inmates from Germany, including self-reported recidivism and interviews with released offenders, this volume will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice, forensic psychology, and sociology, as well as law enforcement and policy makers.

Analyzes post-incarceration lives of persons convicted of sex offenses and the relationship to recidivism Compares sex offenders to violent offenders, highlighting post-prison patterns and reoffending behavior Assesses the effectiveness of therapeutic correctional treatment for reducing recidivism

Autorentext

Gunda Wössner Professor of Psychology and Clinical Psychology at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Freiburg, i. Br., Germany. Moreover, she is a certified specialist in forensic psychology BDP/DGPs, and former Senior Researcher, Department of Criminology, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law where she was heading several research projects including Sexual offenders in the social therapeutic institutions of the Free State of Saxony. Her research activities focus on correctional treatment, recidivism, rehabilitation, and reentry processes of persons convicted of sex offenses and violent offenses. She also conducted studies on electronic monitoring, and alternative measures, such as Restorative Justice in cases of sexual violence. Furthermore, Gunda Wössner's portfolio comprises research on gender-based violence, such as a study on the impact of the Covid-19-pandemic on intimate partner violence. She has published her research results in various national and international journals and volumes. From 2015 until 2016, she held a professorship of psychology at the University of Applied Police Sciences Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Gunda Wössner is the current member in respect of Germany in the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT).

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Sexual (Re)offending: Theoretical Approaches and Treatment.- Chapter 3. Method and Sampling Procedure.- Chapter 4. The Lives of Sex Offenders after Prison Release The Interplay of Identity, Coping, and Structural Conditions.- Chapter 5. Criminal Recidivism Reoffending Behavior and Its Correlates.- Chapter 6. Summary and Conclusions.