Corrections Counseling - Sex Offenders: Assessment and Treatment

This seminar is brought to you by The American Public Safety Training Institute with a website address of www.tapsti.org. This 2-hour session includes the work of Albert Roberts and his textbook entitled “Correctional Counseling and Treatment: Evidence-Based Perspectives”, a Prentice Hall text, (2008) by Pearson Education. My name is Mike Pozesny and I am your host during this seminar. This seminar is dedicated to my students, to the men and women of public safety, and to the juvenile justice counselors, probation officers, administrators and all the rest who try to inform us how to be better peacekeepers. Listeners can call in Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 10:AM – 12:00AM by calling 646-668-2462 and be a part of the show where topics include a wide range of criminal justice subjects. You can find a show schedule and links on www.tapsti.org. 

The UCRs collect sex offense data on forcible rape and sex offences. The Sex offenses include sodomy, statutory rape, and moral offences. The NCVS collects sexual offense data on rape and sexual assault. The National Incidence-Based Reporting System divides sex crimes data into six major categories: 1) forcible rape, 2) statutory rape, 3) forcible sodomy, 4) forcible fondling, 5) incest, and 6) sexual assault. States have some of their own statutes which may be different and each of these areas has sub-areas as well. Today we have a social and criminal challenge in that a wider range of sexual acts are being categorized as crimes and we need to determine if this is the best way for us to utilize the criminal justice system to help with social regulation or if we don't need to approach sex in a different way.