RT Article
T1 Forensic Aftercare Facilities and Their Impact on the Releasability of Persons Who Committed Sexual Offenses: A Three Group Comparison
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 69
IS 10/11
SP 1487
OP 1503
A1 Sauter, Julia
A2 Mauzaite, Agne
A2 Voß, Tatjana 1965-
A2 Vogel, Joanna
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1930397313
AB Partly due to a lack of release options for individuals who committed sexual offenses, forensic follow-up treatment has been strengthened latest since 2007. The current study investigates whether the foundation of a professionalized follow-up-treatment has actually improved release options for individuals who committed sexual offenses. Thus, the aim of the present study was to assess the difference in criminogenic needs and recidivism relevant characteristics (e.g., index offense, criminal history, psychiatric diagnoses and risk assessment) between three groups who had been released from forensic psychiatry at different times or under different outpatient follow-up modalities: (1) individuals released prior the foundation of professionalized follow-up-treatment, (2) individuals released after the foundation and received treatment, and (3) individuals released after the foundation but not receiving this special treatment. It was found that with the availability of professionalized forensic followup treatment, persons with higher scores in common risk assessment tools and a longer duration of implacement had been released. Indeed, this indicates an increased risk tolerance among decision makers. However, it was not those who were released after the foundation of the professionalized forensic follow-up treatment but without this specific treatment who showed the lowest initial risk, but those who were released prior to the foundation. Results are discussed in terms of possible explanations and methodological issues.
K1 Sexual offenses
K1 release options
K1 aftercare
K1 forensic follow-up treatment
K1 Offender treatment
K1 Sex offender
DO 10.1177/0306624X241246519