The topic that was chosen for this research project is treatment of sex offenders. Sex offenders are defined as individuals who have committed a crime involving a sexual act. Within this heterogeneous population, there are adults and juvenile rapists, pedophiles, incest offenders, child sexual abusers, and non-contact offenders. Sexual offenders come across every line ranging from age, gender, race, socio-economic status, intelligence level, and mental health status (CSG.gov, n.d.). Even though there are no typical sex offenders or profile, there are common characteristic. These common characteristic consist of early onset, cognitive distortions, poor coping skills, family contributions, learning experiences and cultural and evolutionary
