Sexual offenders (in prison) – therapy and correction

Timetable

Module aim (aims)

• providing information on the functioning of selected groups of sex offenders based on pedagogical, psychological and criminological theories
• familiarizing students with the methods of psychological and penitentiary diagnosis used in Polish and European prisons
• providing information about psychological treatment and penitentiary work with sexual offenders
• develop teamwork skills.

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

Not required.

Syllabus

Week 1:           Sexual disorders - concept, diagnostic criteria, division.

 

Week 2:           Perpetrators of multiple rape - psychological characteristics.

 

Week 3:           Incest - psychological characteristics.

 

Week 4:           Pedophilia - psychological characteristics.

 

Week 5:           Models used to diagnosis of sexual disorders.

 

Week 6:           Therapy of sex offenders during incarceration.

 

Week 7:           Penitentiary work with sexual offenders during imprisonment. 

 

Week 8:           Social and institutional support for sex offenders after imprisonment. 

Reading list

• Jill S. Levenson, Gwenda M. Willis, Claudia P. Vincencio, Obstacles to Help-Seeking for Sexual Offenders: Implications for Prevention of Sexual Abuse, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10538712.2016.1276116
• Lyne Piché, Jeffrey Mathesius, Patrick Lussier, Preventative Services for Sexual Offenders, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1079063216630749
• James F. Quinn,Craig J. Forsyth &Carla Mullen-Quinn, Societal reaction to sex offenders: a review of the origins and results of the myths surrounding their crimes and treatment amenability, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01639620490431147
• Lettie L. Lockhart,Benjamin E. Saunders &Peggy Cleveland, Adult Male Sexual Offenders: An Overview of Treatment Techniques, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J291v07n02_01
• Franca Cortoni, What Is So Special About Female Sexual Offenders? Introduction to the Special Issue on Female Sexual Offenders, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1079063214564392?journalCode=saxb
• Poco D. Kernsmith ,Sarah W. Craun &Jonathan Foster, Public Attitudes Toward Sexual Offenders and Sex Offender Registration, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10538710902901663
• Karl Hanson, Guy Bourgon, Leslie Helmus, The Principles of Effective Correctional Treatment Also Apply To Sexual Offenders: A Meta-Analysis, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0093854809338545
• CAROLM VENEZIANO, LOUIS VENEZIANO, Adolescent Sex Offenders: A Review of the Literature, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1524838002237329
• Ramona Alaggia, Delphine Collin-Vézina, Rusan Lateef, Facilitators and Barriers to Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Disclosures: A Research Update (2000–2016), https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1524838017697312