In her article, “Treatment of sexual offenders’: Research, best practices and emerging models”2013, Pamela Yates argues that the treatment of sexual offenders has witnessed substantial development over time, as” different theoretical and practical models of treatments have been developed, modified, refined and proposed over time” (p.89). She explains that the dominant approach supported by research adheres to special ground rules of effective correctional interventions, which is the cognitive-behavioural approach, skill-based orientation and clear targets risk factors empirically linked with sexual offending and reoffending, such that risk of reoffending may be reduced. Yates continues to support the fact that cognitive behavioural treatment
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The article continues to endorse the GLM as the best alternative replacement for RNR because of the latter’s shortcoming in terms of the treatment of sex offenders. Buttressing her stance, Yates quotes Mann et al. (2007), Ward and Gannon (2006) and Ward et al. (2007)… in her article “Treatment of sexual offenders’: Research, best practices and emerging models”2013: “…while essential, the focus of the RNR approach on risk and criminogenic needs, was criticised as insufficient for the treatment effectiveness due to its focus on deficit, risk management and avoidance goal, as well as its inability to sufficiently motivate clients changes” (p.92). The article continues to maintain some of the philosophies underlining the establishment of GLM: respect, preservation of human dignity and pride. In support of the GLM model, Yates continues to maintain that offenders are human beings and are goal directed, and thus “seek to acquire fundamental primary human goods, which are action experiences and activities that are intrinsically beneficial to their individual well-being and are sought for their own sake” (p.92). In this research, “Treatment of sexual offenders’: Research, best practices and emerging models”2013, Yates clearly argued in favour of the GLM. For example, corroborating the GLM model, after having defended the fact that sexual offending results from maladaptive strategies that individuals use to attain these life goals, she went further to defend the GLM treatment as a model that is explicitly focused on assisting individuals to attain important and valued life goals in prosaically non-harmful
The article continues to endorse the GLM as the best alternative replacement for RNR because of the latter’s shortcoming in terms of the treatment of sex offenders. Buttressing her stance, Yates quotes Mann et al. (2007), Ward and Gannon (2006) and Ward et al. (2007)… in her article “Treatment of sexual offenders’: Research, best practices and emerging models”2013: “…while essential, the focus of the RNR approach on risk and criminogenic needs, was criticised as insufficient for the treatment effectiveness due to its focus on deficit, risk management and avoidance goal, as well as its inability to sufficiently motivate clients changes” (p.92). The article continues to maintain some of the philosophies underlining the establishment of GLM: respect, preservation of human dignity and pride. In support of the GLM model, Yates continues to maintain that offenders are human beings and are goal directed, and thus “seek to acquire fundamental primary human goods, which are action experiences and activities that are intrinsically beneficial to their individual well-being and are sought for their own sake” (p.92). In this research, “Treatment of sexual offenders’: Research, best practices and emerging models”2013, Yates clearly argued in favour of the GLM. For example, corroborating the GLM model, after having defended the fact that sexual offending results from maladaptive strategies that individuals use to attain these life goals, she went further to defend the GLM treatment as a model that is explicitly focused on assisting individuals to attain important and valued life goals in prosaically non-harmful