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The development of a sex offender assessment and treatment service within a community learning disability team (the SHEALD project): mapping and assessing risk
- Authors:
- MCBRIEN Judith, NEWTON Liam, BANKS John
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 15(1), January 2010, pp.31-43.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Managing the risk of sex offending and sexually harmful behaviour presented by some men with intellectual disabilities is enhanced if community services map the number in their catchment area, apply appropriate risk assessment and management methods, and implement evidence-based treatment. This paper describes the methods and progress of one community intellectual disability service based in a large city in the South-West of the UK in mapping and assessing the risks. This service was able to develop a method of comprehensive sexual risk assessment, based on the best evidence available. The number of men with sexually risky behaviour and intellectual disability area in the catchment area came as a surprise to practitioners, managers and commissioners. The article concludes that there are probably more sexually risky men with intellectual disability in each catchment area than is appreciated by services. A concerted effort by a multi-disciplinary intellectual disability team can provide information on these men with risky behaviour and offending histories.