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Towards an environmental perspective on intervention for problem sexual behaviour in people with an intellectual disability
- Author:
- O'CONNOR Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 10(2), 1997, pp.159-175.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes the evolution of intervention for people with an intellectual disability who have problem sexual behaviour in Australia. Accepted treatments for non-disabled sexual offenders are now being applied to offenders with a disability. Finds that intervention should be broad-based and individualised and attend to deviant sexual preference, patterns of offending behaviour and the environmental context of the behaviour. There is a need for controlled studies to isolate the effects of individual components in multi-component interventions.
A problem-solving intervention for sex offenders with an intellectual disability
- Author:
- O'CONNOR Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 21(3), September 1996, pp.219-235.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reports on the use of a problem-solving approach to intervention with adult male sex offenders with an intellectual disability. The approach facilitates interventions which target the participant's internal control over offending behaviour as well as addressing the social and environmental context of behaviour. Most participants were able to respond to strategies developed for the non-disabled offender. As a result of individual assessment and intervention most participants achieved more community access. Characteristics of the participants are described, issues related to intervention are discussed and suggestions for future research are given.