Northumbria Sex Offender Groupwork Programme

Programme aims:

To reduce sex offending by adult male sex offenders

Who is suitable?

Male sex offenders who:

• are within the normal IQ range
• commit any type of sexual offence
• are assessed as suitable in a PSR

Who is not suitable?

• Female sex offenders
• Sex offenders with an IQ of less than 80
• Men with severe drug/alcohol misuse behaviour
• Men with current mental health problems
• Men assessed as psychopathic
• Men in total denial of their sex offending

The programme involves:

• 160 hours of attendance consisting of sessions run for one or two days per week
• The core programme consists of four modules.  Men can attend at the beginning of any module
• High risk/high deviancy men will attend the core group followed by Relapse Prevention (36 hours)
• Low risk/low deviancy men will normally complete individual preparation work followed by the Relapse Prevention Programme
• Offenders released from prison will follow similar routes according to their assessment of risk and deviancy

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