First-of-its-kind research into a prison treatment programme for sex offenders and paedophiles suggests there was no change to participants’ reoffending rates.
According to a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) report (pdf) on the accredited Healthy Sex Programme (HSP), researchers found there was no “statistically significant difference” on prison participants reoffending.
Researchers examined the cases of 112 men who completed the HSP at 13 jails in England and Wales between 2015 and 2018.
Among the HSP sample, 30 percent received some form of post-release reprimand.
The proven sexual reconviction rate was 7 percent and a further 20 percent were recalled to prison for breaches of conditions of release.
The remaining 3 percent received a non-sexual reconviction or a conviction for a historical crime….