Paper Title

Outpatient treatment of sex offenders

Authors

Profile picture of Peer Briken
Peer Briken
Profile picture of Martin Rettenberger
Martin Rettenberger
Profile picture of Dahlnym Yoon
Dahlnym Yoon

Keywords

  • Sex offender treatment
  • forensic psychiatry
  • psychotherapy
  • outpatient treatment
  • Hamburg prevention outpatient clinic
  • Institute for Sexual Research
  • University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
  • treatment effectiveness
  • prevention
  • forensic psychotherapy

Journal

Forensic Psychiatry, Psychology, Criminology External link

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DOI

DOI Icon 10.1007/s11757-013-0220-9

Publication Info

Volume: 7 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 177-182

Published On

June, 2013

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Abstract

The practice and effectiveness of treating sex offenders are still controversial. The methods used to prove effectiveness in the field of forensic psychiatry and psychotherapy show many peculiarities. Outpatient treatment measures for sex offenders in particular are subject to tension. This article attempts to illustrate the possibilities and difficulties in the area of ​​treating sex offenders using the example of the Hamburg prevention outpatient clinic of the Institute for Sexual Research and Forensic Psychiatry, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE).

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