title: Current practices in residential treatment for adolescent sex offenders: a survey.
abstract: A list of all treatment facilities for adolescent sex offenders that described themselves as inpatient or residential was requested from the Safer Society Foundation in Brandon, Vermont. A total of 203 such facilities were identified in this manner. Each was sent a questionnaire regarding their policies and practices. Of the 50 questionnaires that were returned, 49 were usable. Items on the questionnaire dealt with major phases of operating a residential program, including number of beds, average daily census, number of males and females in treatment, testing and assessment procedures, most frequent diagnoses, average IQ of patients, abuse history, therapeutic approaches used, number and types of individual/group treatment sessions per week, qualifications of therapists, average length of treatment, and follow-up research on treatment.
authors.affiliation: genewalker@iname.com
authors.forename: C Eugene
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McCormick
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012114:Residential Treatment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014707:Vermont / Q000453:epidemiology