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Sex Offender Management
This topic encompasses 68 peer-reviewed studies, primarily in the field of sex offender management (pcsot). Research in this area spans from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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All 68 peer-reviewed studies in this research area, sorted by year.
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(2022)
Diagnostic accuracy of binocular eye tracking in the assessment of paraphilic disorders
Russian Journal of Psychiatry Binocular eye tracking achieved 90.2% sensitivity, 90.8% specificity, 94.3% average accuracy, and 91% efficiency in diagnosing paraphilic disorders, with individuals showing pedophilic disorder exhibiting significantly… [002] (2022)Methodological Features of Pedophilic Disorder Assessment Using an Eyetracker
Psychology and Law Individuals with pedophilic disorder demonstrated a greater number of fixations on child images and longer total fixation durations compared to normative controls, indicating that eye-tracking… [003] (2021)Why Polygraph Testing Does Not Consistently Lead to Reduced Recidivism
Aggression and Violent Behavior, 61 Examined why increased disclosures from PCSOT haven’t translated to clear recidivism reductions. Proposed that professionals may struggle to translate disclosures into effective management actions. Called… [004] (2020 • UK POLICE EVALUATION)An Evaluation of Polygraph Testing by Police to Manage Individuals Convicted or Suspected of Sexual Offending
University of Kent, Commissioned by National Police Chiefs’ Council Two-year evaluation across nine UK police areas involving 800+ individuals. Found polygraph-tested supervisees were nearly 6 times more likely to make at least one risk-relevant… [005] (2020)Polygraph lie detector tests: can they really stop criminals reoffending?
Polygraphs show 80-90% accuracy but are far from foolproof. UK pilot data showed polygraphed sex offenders made twice as many disclosures, but the article questions… [006] (2020)Polygraph: The Use of Polygraphy in the Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders in the UK
European Polygraph Polygraph testing increased disclosure rates by approximately 14-fold compared to standard supervision, with 76.5% of polygraphed offenders making disclosures versus 51.2% in comparison groups. The… [007] (2020)The Use of Polygraph Test in Clinical Forensic Psychiatry Settings
Ethical Issues in Clinical Forensic Psychiatry Polygraph use varies dramatically by jurisdiction, with 79% adoption in US sex offender programs but limited European use. The chapter identifies significant ethical concerns regarding… [008] (2020)International practice of using polygraph testing for sex offenders
Russian Journal of Psychiatry PCSOT has demonstrated robust disclosure facilitation effects in both US and UK settings — with clinically relevant new disclosures occurring in over 60% of UK… [009] (2019)The pharmacologic treatment of problematic sexual interests, paraphilic disorders, and sexual preoccupation in adult men who have committed a sexual offence
International Review of Psychiatry Pharmacological treatments — particularly anti-androgens and GnRH agonists — were found to effectively reduce deviant sexual arousal and recidivism risk when combined with psychotherapy, with… [010] (2019)Neurotransmitter mechanisms of paraphilic disorders
Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova Patients with paraphilic disorders showed elevated urinary serotonin and norepinephrine (correlated with obsessive symptoms) and decreased DOPAC (correlated with affective and dissociative disorders), implicating central… [011] (2018)A systematic review of the effectiveness of the polygraph in post-conviction sex offender testing and monitoring
Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health The review found fragmented and methodologically inconsistent evidence for polygraph effectiveness in sex offender management, with no randomized controlled trials identified across the literature. [012] (2018)A systematic review of polygraph testing in post-conviction sex offender management
Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health The review found fragmented and largely anecdotal empirical support for PCSOT, with no randomized controlled trials identified among the studies examined. [013] (2018)Sexual offender's experiences of polygraph testing: a thematic study in three probation trusts
Journal of Sexual Aggression Mandatory polygraph testing was associated with increased high-risk disclosures, enhanced motivation for honesty, and improved compliance with license conditions according to both offenders and their… [014] (2018)The utility of post-conviction polygraph (PCSOT) in the treatment and management of sexual offenders
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment PCSOT significantly increased relevant disclosures across all studies but showed no impact on sexual recidivism, with some evidence of reduced violent (non-sexual) reoffending. [015] (2018 • SYSTEMATIC REVIEW)The Utility of Post-Conviction Polygraph Testing Among Sexual Offenders
Sexual Abuse Systematic review of 19 studies from the US, UK, and Netherlands. All established PCSOT elicits significant increases in risk-relevant disclosures. Impact on reoffending was significant… [016] (2014)British Experiences of Polygraph Testing Sexual Offenders: an Update
European Polygraph Mandatory pilot data from 635 offenders showed significantly more clinically relevant disclosures compared to non-polygraphed controls. The UK implemented testing protocols requiring examinations within 8-16… [017] (2014)Development of Vermont Assessment of Sex Offender Risk-2 (VASOR-2) Reoffense Risk Scale
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment The VASOR-2 Reoffense Risk Scale achieved an AUC of .74 for predicting sexual recidivism at 5-year follow-up across a combined sample of 1,581 adult male… [018] (2014 • SEXUAL HISTORY)The Sexual History Polygraph Examination and Its Influences on Recidivism
Journal of Social Change, 6, 1–10 Examined relationship between sexual history polygraph examinations and recidivism. Found recidivists underwent fewer polygraph examinations on average and went longer periods between tests. [019] (2014 • UK LEGISLATION)Offender Management Act 2007 — Polygraph Provisions Implementation
Ministry of Justice, Statutory Instrument 2014 Statutory provisions making polygraph testing a mandatory license condition for high-risk sex offenders in England and Wales. First national legislation mandating PCSOT outside the US. [020] (2013)Ethical practice in the use of the polygraph in working with sex offenders
In K. Harrison & B. Rainey (Eds.), Legal and ethical aspects of sex offender treatment and management The chapter identifies core ethical concerns including coercion, self-incrimination, and intrusiveness, while noting that polygraph legality and application vary internationally. It emphasizes viewing the polygraph… [021] (2013)Examination of Sexual Abuse Crimes
European Polygraph The study provides insights into polygraph examination protocols and outcomes specifically related to sexual abuse cases. [022] (2013)Validity of the psychophysiological diagnosis of paraphylia
Zhurnal Nevrologii i Psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova Verbal psychophysiological stimulation correctly identified paraphilia in 80% of cases and visual stimulation in 69.6% of cases, with an overall validity coefficient of 0.63, indicating… [023] (2012)The use of the polygraph in assessing, treating and supervising sex offenders. a practitioner's guide edited by D. T. Wilcox, Wiley‐Blackwell Publishing, Chichester, 2009. 332 pp. ISBN 987‐0‐470‐74223‐5 (Pbk)
Child Abuse Review The reviewed book provided a comprehensive examination of post-conviction polygraph testing with sex offenders, covering empirical evidence for disclosure facilitation, practical applications across multiple contexts,… [024] (2012)Mandatory Polygraph Testing Pilot Study for Sexual Offenders
UK Government Report; Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Compared 332 sex offenders supervised with polygraph vs. 303 without. Polygraph group made significantly higher numbers of risk-related disclosures. The polygraph doubled the number of… [025] (2012)The Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (SOTIPS): Psychometric Properties and Incremental Predictive Validity With Static-99R
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Combined SOTIPS and Static-99R scores predicted all recidivism types with AUCs of .67 to .89, outperforming either instrument alone, with Net Reclassification Improvements of 20–43%… [026] (2010 • US NATIONAL SURVEY)Current Practices and Emerging Trends in Sexual Abuser Management: The Safer Society 2009 North American Survey
Safer Society Press National survey showing PCSOT utilized in 79% of adult and 50% of adolescent community sex offender treatment programs across the US, up from 29% in… [027] (2010)The Polygraph and Forensic Psychiatry
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 38(4), 446–451 Found that polygraph testing increased the likelihood of disclosure of relevant information by a factor of 14. Over 40% of disclosures were rated as being… [028] (2010)The Polygraph and the Detection of Deception
Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice The CQT detects deception better than chance but with significant error rates, contrasting sharply with industry claims of 98% accuracy. The CIT demonstrates superior validity… [029] (2010)Sexual History Disclosure Polygraph Examinations With Cybercrime Offences: A First Dutch Explorative Study
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Post-conviction SHDE polygraph examinations elicited substantially greater disclosure of deviant sexual behaviour from Dutch cybercrime offenders than official records reflected, with the number of participants… [030] (2009)Polygraph Testing Internet Offenders
The Use of the Polygraph in Assessing, Treating and Supervising Sex Offenders Among 38 Dutch child pornography offenders who denied contact offending in self-reports, 21 (55%) disclosed contact sexual offenses including penetration, masturbation, and fondling during polygraph… [031] (2009)Sex offender polygraph testing in the United States: Trends and controversies
In Wilcox D.T. (Ed.), The use of the polygraph in assessing, treating, and supervising sex offenders: A practitioner's guide. NY: Wiley By 2009, approximately 80% of adult sex offender treatment programs in the United States employed polygraph testing despite persistent scientific, ethical, and legal controversies. Polygraph… [032] (2009)Is Prison Sexual Offending Indicative of Community Risk?
Criminal Justice and Behavior Prison-only sex offenders showed a one-year violent arrest rate of 26.3% versus 9.5% for convicted sex offenders, and a five-year overall failure rate of 74.1%,… [033] (2009 • SOCIAL WORK)Sex Offender Polygraph Examination: An Evidence-Based Case Management Tool for Social Workers
Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 6(4), 361–376 Framed PCSOT as an evidence-based social work intervention that improves case management, treatment planning, and community safety monitoring for sex offender populations. [034] (2009)Forensic Assessment of Sexual Interest: A Review
The Use of the Polygraph in Assessing, Treating and Supervising Sex Offenders While penile plethysmography is considered the best-validated sexual preference measure, it remains vulnerable to faking like most assessment approaches. A combination of card sorting and… [035] (2009)The Use of the Polygraph in Assessing, Treating, and Supervising Sex Offenders: A Practitioner's Guide
Criminal Justice and Behavior Nineteen studies across the US, UK, and Netherlands demonstrated that PCSOT significantly increases disclosures compared to non-polygraphed participants, with polygraph accuracy estimated at 80–90% in… [036] (2009)Basics of Post-Conviction Sex Offender Polygraph Testing
The Use of the Polygraph in Assessing, Treating and Supervising Sex Offenders: A Practitioner's Guide (Book Chapter) The chapter identifies four distinct PCSOT examination formats (sexual history disclosure, specific issue, maintenance, and monitoring examinations) and establishes their respective clinical functions, arguing that… [037] (2008)The utility of the polygraph with sex offenders in England
Conférence Permanente Européenne de la Probation Professionals with direct polygraph experience showed 92% opposition to withdrawal of voluntary polygraph use and 58% support for mandatory application, whereas inexperienced professionals expressed significantly… [038] (2008)Does the polygraph lead to better risk prediction for sexual offenders?
Aggression and Violent Behavior The review concluded there is reasonable evidence for polygraph use in some risk assessment areas, particularly for eliciting disclosures of historical and acute-dynamic risk factors,… [039] (2007 • RECIDIVISM COMPARISON)Outcomes in a Community Sex Offender Treatment Program: Polygraphed vs. Non-Polygraphed Offenders
Sexual Abuse Compared recidivism outcomes between polygraphed and matched non-polygraphed sex offenders. Polygraphed offenders showed significantly lower violent recidivism rates, though sexual recidivism differences were not significant. [040] (2006)Accuracy and Utility of Post-Conviction Polygraph Testing of Sex Offenders
British Journal of Psychiatry, 188, 479–483 Examined both accuracy and clinical utility of PCSOT in the British context. Found that polygraph testing produces actionable information for risk management regardless of the… [041] (2006)Polygraph Pilot Study: Final Report
Polygraph offenders had 14 times greater odds of making clinically significant disclosures compared to comparison offenders, with the majority of disclosures occurring during polygraph sessions… [042] (2005 • PERCEPTIONS)Post-Conviction Sex Offender Polygraph Examination: Client-Reported Perceptions of Utility and Accuracy
Sexual Abuse Surveyed sex offenders about their polygraph experiences. Found majority reported polygraph motivated them to be more honest in treatment and supervision, with many acknowledging its… [043] (2005)Sexual history disclosure using the polygraph in a sample of British sex offenders in treatment
Polygraph Polygraph-facilitated sexual history disclosure produced significant increases in admitted victims and offenses beyond all existing records, with 93% of participants disclosing both contact and noncontact… [044] (2004)A prospective study of the impact of polygraphy on high risk behaviours in adult sex offenders
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment At Time 1, 97% of polygraphed sex offenders disclosed an average of 2.45 high-risk behaviors unknown to supervising probation officers (76 total); at Time 2,… [045] (2004)Utilizing polygraph as a risk prediction/treatment progress assessment tool
Not specified - Colorado DOC report Polygraph examination data within the Colorado SOTMP yielded actionable risk prediction and treatment progress indicators, with polygraph-assisted approaches associated with enhanced offender disclosure, improved risk… [046] (2003)Current practices and trends in sexual abuser management: The Safer Society 2002 Nationwide Survey
Safer Society Press By 2002, 70% of adult community-based sex offender treatment programs in the United States used polygraph testing, and 44% of adolescent programs did so, marking… [047] (2003)Outcome of a Treatment Program for Adult Sex Offenders: From Prison to Community
Journal of Interpersonal Violence Treatment completers showed a sexual recidivism rate of 5.4% versus approximately 30% for partial or non-participants over a nearly six-year follow-up, with no baseline risk… [048] (2003)Sexual offender containment: Use of the post-conviction polygraph
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Among 180 offenders, 39% had adult victim histories, 31% had victimized both males and females, 36% had engaged in bestiality, and 67% of incest offenders… [049] (2003)The role of the polygraph
In: Matravers, A (Ed.), Sexual offenders in the community: Managing and reducing the risks Seventy-eight percent of participants showed deception indicators on the first polygraph test, and 71% disclosed additional high-risk behaviors on a second test, demonstrating polygraph's utility… [050] (2003 • CROSSOVER OFFENDING)Crossover Sexual Offenses
Sexual Abuse Polygraph-assisted disclosure revealed that sex offenders’ criminal histories grossly underrepresented their actual offending patterns. Many showed crossover between victim types undetected by official records. [051] (2003)The current role of post-conviction sex offender polygraph testing in sex offender treatment
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse PCSOT significantly enhances the ability of treatment teams to promote patient honesty, treatment compliance, and supervision compliance, and the review provides 10 ethical recommendations for… [052] (2002)Collaboration Among Sex Offender Treatment Providers and Probation and Parole Officers: The Beliefs and Behaviors of Treatment Providers
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Ninety percent of treatment providers reported excellent or good rapport with probation officers, 87.4% considered communication with probation officers essential, and 24.2% reported that probation… [053] (2002)The potential use of polygraphy in forensic psychiatry
Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health The polygraph functioned most effectively as a 'truth facilitator' rather than a lie detector, bringing problematic behaviors to supervisors' attention and enabling timely intervention before… [054] (2002)British applications of the polygraph to sex offender work: An update
NOTA News Early British polygraph sessions with convicted sex offenders facilitated disclosures about sexual history and risk-relevant behaviours not obtained through standard interviews, supporting the case for… [055] (2002)Polygraph testing sex offenders
Probation in Europe, Conférence Permanente Européenne de la Probation A single sexual history disclosure polygraph examination increased the mean number of acknowledged victims from 48.1 to 185.6 (a factor of 3.9) and offence episodes… [056] (2002)Childhood Victimization and Lack of Empathy as Predictors of Sexual Offending Against Women and Children
Journal of Interpersonal Violence Lack of empathy was confirmed as a significant mediator between childhood victimization and sexual offending, with childhood sexual abuse and pornography exposure predicting child-victim offending… [057] (2000)Introduction
Polygraph Polygraph testing was identified as a highly effective disclosure facilitation tool in sex offender treatment, with a minimum 40-hour specialized training standard established for PCSOT… [058] (2000)Post-Conviction Polygraph Testing: Then and Now
Polygraph Post-conviction sex offender polygraph testing had achieved widespread acceptance across U.S. corrections officers, judges, and therapists by 2000, with all three groups independently citing its… [059] (2000 • KEY DISCLOSURE STUDY)The Impact of Polygraphy on Admissions of Victims and Offenses in Adult Sexual Offenders
Sexual Abuse Landmark study showing that polygraph testing dramatically increased admissions of previously undisclosed victims and offenses. Found substantial increases in reported victim counts and offense variety… [060] (2000)Integration of Polygraph Testing with Sexual Offenders in the Colorado Department of Corrections
Polygraph Colorado DOC successfully implemented a multi-tiered polygraph testing program that demonstrated operational feasibility of using polygraph examinations as both therapeutic and supervision tools rather than… [061] (2000)Improving the Effectiveness of Sexual Offender Treatment
Polygraph-assisted containment substantially increased offender disclosures of previously unreported victims and offenses, and the examination was found to support rather than undermine therapeutic alliance when… [062] (2000)The Value of Polygraph Testing in Sex Offender Management
Colorado Department of Public Safety / NIJ The study provided critical empirical evidence about PCSOT implementation and effectiveness during a period when this supervision tool was becoming increasingly prevalent but lacked sufficient… [063] (1999)The use of the polygraph in the community supervision of sex offenders
Probation Journal Probation workers obtained substantially more information about offending history, risk indicators, and supervision violations following polygraph-assisted interviews, with most disclosures occurring during the anticipatory pre-test… [064] (1998)Suggested Clinical Uses of Polygraphy in Community-Based Sexual Offender Treatment Programs
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Although empirical evidence on polygraph validity and reliability was inconsistent, pre-test disclosures and treatment program utility were documented as meaningful clinical benefits; the paper proposed… [065] (1998)Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Sex Offenders: A Treatment Comparison and Long-Term Follow-Up Study
Criminal Justice and Behavior The cognitive-behavioral treatment group demonstrated a statistically significant reduction in recidivism compared to less-specialized treatment and no-treatment groups, with treatment benefits particularly evident for non-sexual… [066] (1995)Response to Cross and Saxe's A critique of the validity of polygraph testing in child sexual abuse cases
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse Williams claimed field polygraph testing demonstrated 98% overall accuracy across 2,174 examinations, though this figure has since been discredited due to methodological flaws including circular… [067] (1991)The Use of Polygraphy With Sex Offenders
Annals of Sex Research Polygraphy, particularly in the form of disclosure-oriented examinations, was found to be a valid and clinically useful tool for eliciting comprehensive offense histories from sexual… [068] (1991)The effectiveness of the disclosure test with sex abusers of children
Polygraph The disclosure polygraph examination produced substantially more self-reported victims and paraphilic behaviors from convicted child sex abusers than were available from official records alone, demonstrating…Related research topics
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