Introduction To The Colorado Department of Corrections program SOTMP
The Colorado Department of Corrections Sex Offender Treatment and Monitoring
Program (SOTMP), was developed to reduce recidivism rate of sex offenders, as well as re-enter
sex offenders back into the community. The program has been in place for over ten years
(D'Orazio, D. M., Thornton, D., & Beech, A. R., 2013). As described by Beech et al. the
program is meant to be a “relapse prevention oriented cognitive-behavioral treatment program”,
(Beech et al., 2013). This means that the program is meant to reduce relapse among sex
offenders by adapting the program to the specific needs of that particular offender. The SOTMP
program uses therapeutic treatments …show more content…
The lack
of staff, and facilities could all be resolved if the program received the adequate funds that it
requires. The reason for the inadequate funds is that “Administrators concern for the TC”, so
because of the therapeutic community aspect of the program and the high cost of implementing
it, it is causing other sectors of the program to also be lacking (Hetz et al, 2003).
Social Indicators of Sex Offenders in the STOMP program
Social Indicators allow us to see what is causing the specific need in an individual/group. In
the case of sex offenders, some of the indicators include, but are not limited to emotional
problems, social difficulties, empathy problems, and deviant sexual arousal (Ward et al., 2006).
Another indicator is antisocial behavior, which causes the individual to isolate from society,
which raises the offender’s chance to offend, do to the inept knowledge that the sex offender has
on how to build relationship with others in society. Social isolation also drives the offender to
feel victimize, which also leads to the offender chances of offending increasing, do to the …show more content…
Analyzing Data For SOTMP effectiveness in reducing recidivism among sex offenders(Data used is from Hetz et al. (2003))
As Hetz et al. (2003) found parolees who participated in the SOTMP program had a
greater chance to not re-offend then those who did not participate. Forty seven percent of parolee
who did not participate in SOTMP committed some sort of offense that made them go back to
jail (Hetz et al., 2003). Unlike parolees that did not participate in SOTMP, those who did
participate saw a decrease on the chance of recidivating from forty seven percent to thirty
percent (Hetz et al., 2003). Table 3 shows a graph by Hetz et al. (2003) that clearly states that
participation in the program reduces the recidivism rate of sex offenders. The graph is broken
down into no treatment, phase one, and phase two. Phase one, are sex offenders who only
participated in the SOTMP program while incarcerated (Hetz et al., al 2003, and Beech et al.,
2013). Phase two, are offenders who have participated in the correction program, and are now
participating in the therapeutic community programs offered by SOTMP (Hetz et al., 2003, and
Beech et al.,
The Colorado Department of Corrections Sex Offender Treatment and Monitoring
Program (SOTMP), was developed to reduce recidivism rate of sex offenders, as well as re-enter
sex offenders back into the community. The program has been in place for over ten years
(D'Orazio, D. M., Thornton, D., & Beech, A. R., 2013). As described by Beech et al. the
program is meant to be a “relapse prevention oriented cognitive-behavioral treatment program”,
(Beech et al., 2013). This means that the program is meant to reduce relapse among sex
offenders by adapting the program to the specific needs of that particular offender. The SOTMP
program uses therapeutic treatments …show more content…
The lack
of staff, and facilities could all be resolved if the program received the adequate funds that it
requires. The reason for the inadequate funds is that “Administrators concern for the TC”, so
because of the therapeutic community aspect of the program and the high cost of implementing
it, it is causing other sectors of the program to also be lacking (Hetz et al, 2003).
Social Indicators of Sex Offenders in the STOMP program
Social Indicators allow us to see what is causing the specific need in an individual/group. In
the case of sex offenders, some of the indicators include, but are not limited to emotional
problems, social difficulties, empathy problems, and deviant sexual arousal (Ward et al., 2006).
Another indicator is antisocial behavior, which causes the individual to isolate from society,
which raises the offender’s chance to offend, do to the inept knowledge that the sex offender has
on how to build relationship with others in society. Social isolation also drives the offender to
feel victimize, which also leads to the offender chances of offending increasing, do to the …show more content…
Analyzing Data For SOTMP effectiveness in reducing recidivism among sex offenders(Data used is from Hetz et al. (2003))
As Hetz et al. (2003) found parolees who participated in the SOTMP program had a
greater chance to not re-offend then those who did not participate. Forty seven percent of parolee
who did not participate in SOTMP committed some sort of offense that made them go back to
jail (Hetz et al., 2003). Unlike parolees that did not participate in SOTMP, those who did
participate saw a decrease on the chance of recidivating from forty seven percent to thirty
percent (Hetz et al., 2003). Table 3 shows a graph by Hetz et al. (2003) that clearly states that
participation in the program reduces the recidivism rate of sex offenders. The graph is broken
down into no treatment, phase one, and phase two. Phase one, are sex offenders who only
participated in the SOTMP program while incarcerated (Hetz et al., al 2003, and Beech et al.,
2013). Phase two, are offenders who have participated in the correction program, and are now
participating in the therapeutic community programs offered by SOTMP (Hetz et al., 2003, and
Beech et al.,