By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services
Key Points:
- New Arizona board to study sex offender treatment goes live next month
- Board’s success will be measured by creating standards and guidelines for treatment
- The board will seek a victim-centered approach to supervision and rehabilitation
A new board to study the treatment of sex offenders goes live next month with an eye on changing laws to reduce recidivism.
But no one at the press conference on August 19 had any data of what the current rate is for reoffending by sex offenders. So how would they measure success?
“I would say that is undetermined at this time,” said Dr. Brecken Blades, a forensic psychologist who was part of the impetus for the panel. “Success would be we can get a board together and start having these conversations, these difficult standards, and create standards and guidelines that can then be implemented within people on supervision and treatment.”
