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Motivation and Sex Offender Treatment Efficacy: Leading a Horse to Water and Making It Drink?

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration, 899 Tenth Avenue, New York, New York 10019

Edward W. Mitchell

University of Cambridge, Institute of Criminology, 7 West Road, Cambridge, UK CB3 9DT

The authors conducted a study to analyze the outcome of a cognitive behavioral treatment program for incarcerated sex offenders. Specifically, the study aimed to determine whether motivation to participate in the program had an impact on the reduction of cognitive distortions (CDs). Seven CDs were analyzed in pretreatment and posttreatment assessments, and the treatment was considered effective for offenders who eliminated more than half of the CDs by the end of the program. The results showed comparable success rates for sex offenders with adult victims who were and were not motivated to change their offending behavior. Motivation did have an effect on offenders with child victims, although the reasons for this are unclear and should be explored with a larger sample of offenders.

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 45, No. 6, 663-672 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X01456003


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