title: Learning to pass: sex offenders' strategies for establishing a viable identity in the prison general population.
abstract: This article endeavors to illustrate the realities of prison life for sex offenders and the means by which they attempt to establish viable identities and acquire a survivable niche in the prison general population, particularly when established identities and protective niches are put at risk by entry into a sex offender treatment program. Qualitative data was collected by repeatedly interviewing a cohort of sex offenders for 6 months as they completed a basic sex offender treatment program. The findings indicate a need to include consideration of treatment context in understanding the limits of treatment gain in prison-based programs.
authors.affiliation: Colorado Sixth Judicial District Probation Department, Durango, 81301, USA.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schwaebe
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D011329:Prisoners; D012742:Sex Offenses; D012919:Social Behavior; D012931:Social Environment; D012933:Social Identification