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Applying the Risk Principle to Sex Offenders

Can Treatment Make Some Sex Offenders Worse?

University of Cincinnati, Ohio

Christopher T. Lowenkamp

University of Cincinnati, Ohio

Edward J. Latessa

University of Cincinnati, Ohio

The risk principle states that higher risk offenders should receive more intensive services, whereas lower risk offenders should receive less intensive services. However, the criminal justice system routinely ignores the risk principle for sex offenders and treats them all the same with little regard for level of risk. This article explores the effects of different levels of treatment intensity on 238 sexual offenders who are on parole. The findings suggest that the risk principle does, in fact, apply to sexual offenders.

Key Words: sexual offenders • risk principle • treatment effects • correctional programming

This version was published on September 1, 2009

The Prison Journal, Vol. 89, No. 3, 344-357 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0032885509339509


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