The Rockwood Preparatory Program for Sexual Offenders

Abstract

This article describes the Rockwood Preparatory Program for sexual offenders. This program operates in the Millhaven induction center of the Correctional Service of Canada. Clients remain in the program for 6 to 8 weeks, depending on when they are placed in their home prison, where they will receive a full treatment program. The preparatory program takes a motivational approach, integrating several theoretical views and employing the therapeutic approaches that have been shown to maximize effectiveness with sexual offenders. The content and approach of the program are described and the observed benefits are outlined.

Experiences of engaging in psychotherapeutic interventions for sexual offending behaviours: A meta-synthesis

“…Ongoing assessment of motivation would also be useful as an indirect indicator of engagement levels. Preparatory programmes developing motivation, which offenders can complete before starting treatment, have been shown to improve effective engagement and increase motivation to change offending behaviours (Marshall & Moulden, 2006).…”

Attitudes about rehabilitating sex offenders: Demographic, victimization, and community-level influences

“…First, although few studies had considered how the public perceives treatment strategies for sex offenders, several studies had shown that treatment programs can be successful by addressing different dimensions of sex offenders that are related to the causes of assault (Keeling, Rose, & Beech, 2006;Marshall, Marshall, & Fernandez, 2008). A study of 2,199 sex offenders in the federal system between July 2004 and June 2005 found that sex offenders received at least four types of treatment (Baerga-Buffler & Johnson, 2006).…”

“…Some research showed that the public is rehabilitative for some types of offenders and in some circumstances (Applegate et al, 2002;Mackey & Courtright, 2000;Mackey, Courtright, & Packard, 2006;McCorkle, 1993). Treatment approaches used for sex offenders, however, are specific to sex offenders (Marshall et al, 2008), and it is not clear if the public supports these approaches or if the public knows about the success of these treatment programs. Assessing individuals' attitudes about rehabilitating sex offenders will help to determine if the public has accurate information about the success of sex offender treatment programs.…”

Preventing sexual abusers of children from reoffending: systematic review of medical and psychological interventions

“…We did not include any studies of testosterone inhibiting drugs because all identified controlled primary studies had high overall risk of bias. Table 3 summarises the effects of interventions.⇓ With adults who sexually abused children (five studies with low or moderate risk of bias: one randomised controlled trial with moderate risk offenders, 28 three observational studies with lower risk offenders, [29][30][31] and one observational study with higher risk offenders 32 ), the scientific evidence was insufficient to determine if cognitive behavioural therapy with relapse prevention reduces sexual reoffending. No scientific evidence was available to determine if psychological interventions other than cognitive behavioural therapy or if pharmacological treatment reduce sexual reoffending among adult child abusers (no studies).…”

“…The four included observational studies also had limitations that ruled out reliable conclusions about cognitive behavioural therapy. [29][30][31][32] Additionally, no other psychological or pharmacological interventions were supported by studies with sufficiently low risk of bias for inclusion.…”