Issues in the assessment and treatment of male sex offenders with mild learning disabilities

Treatment of intellectually disabled individuals who have committed sexual offences: A review of the literature

“…Jeremy Tudway (personal communication) reported that work is proceeding at this time toward norming a number of these measures. Clare (1993) reported that self-report inventories conducted through interview may provide more reliable information. However, assessment work is a much more time consuming task with intellectually disabled offenders and this approach has considerable, un-funded, resource implications (Boer et al, 1995).…”

“…There are multiple difficulties in this area of offender work, including, perhaps most importantly, the need for a unique skill mix including knowledge about intellectual disabilities and of sex offender treatment (Bremble & Rose, 1999;Clare, 1993;Haaven, Petre-Miller, & Little, 1990). Research on prevalence rates (O'Connor, 1997) suggests that only 10 Á/15% of individuals convicted of sexual offences have intellectual disabilities.…”

The Offence Process of Sex Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities: A Qualitative Study

“…Despite the fact that careful thought has been given to how to adapt the content of "borrowed" material (Clare, 1993;Clare & Murphy, 1998;Haaven & Coleman, 2000), there has been little consideration of the fit of the linear model of the offence process to clients with intellectual disabilities. Indeed, there has been little discussion at all of the somewhat confused conceptual models that inform current practice.…”

“…Although it is appropriate to formulate interventions for each individual and to provide a comprehensive treatment package that incorporates their needs, these interventions are often published as "ready-to-use" packages. Clare (1993) criticizes this "assumed psychological need rather than careful analysis of the offender's behaviour." (p. 177) and questions the generalizability of any treatment package due to the heterogeneous nature of people with intellectual disabilities.…”

Characteristics, etiology and assessment of sexual offending in persons with intellectual disability

“…Empirijska procena zasnovana je na primeni standardizovanih instrumenata, testova i skala, od kojih su neke dizajnirane specifično za populaciju seksualnih prestupnika sa IO. Preporučuje se da se procena bazira kako na samoproceni, u slučajevima kada kognitivne sposobnosti pojedinca to dozvoljavaju, tako i na informacijama koje o ponašanju osobe daju članovi porodice, staratelji i stručno osoblje (Clare, 1993). Među instrumentima za procenu dominiraju oni koji detektuju dinamičke faktore rizika, stabilne (seksualna interesovanja, stavovi, problemi samokontrole i samousmeravanja) i fluktuirajuće (zloupotreba psihoaktivnih supstanci, raspoloženje), zbog toga što su oni podložni promeni i što se tretmani i zasnivaju upravo na uticanju na dinamičke faktore rizika (Thornton, 2002).…”