Evaluating outpatient behavior therapy of sex offenders. A pretest-posttest study.

Bromley et al. (1998) ran a before-and-after test of outpatient behavior therapy for adult sex offenders. They tracked personality scores, sexual inventories, and any new crimes for 26 months after treatment ended.

The program cut reoffending to 6%. Test scores also moved into the healthy range. Only one man committed a new sexual offense during the follow-up window.

Yuwiler et al. (1992) asked clinicians to rate treatments. Social-skills training scored highest, but acceptability dropped for rape or child offenses. Bromley et al. (1998) shows the same skills package can still work when it is actually delivered.

Hatton et al. (2005) used five group sessions of behavioral skills training to lower unprotected sex among HIV-positive adults. Their brief model matches the core pieces Bromley et al. (1998) used with offenders: role-play, feedback, and rehearsal.

Hodos et al. (1976) taught psychiatric inpatients to replace abusive outbursts with polite requests. The same teach-test-revise loop later helped Bromley et al. (1998) turn deviant sexual talk into appropriate social responses.

You can borrow the outpatient package today. Start with a social-skills module, add in-vivo rehearsal, and track both test scores and real-world behavior. The 6% reoffend rate gives you a benchmark to beat or match in your own audits.