Abstract
This chapter reviews some treatment programs for sex offenders across the world. The treatment of sexual offenders is mainly within correctional facilities and aims to reduce sex offender recidivism. For a long while, vastly different standards of providing treatment for incarcerated sexual offenders existed around the world. In some locations, there was a very punitive attitude toward sexual offense. This provided the impetus for the establishment of the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders (IATSO). IATSO is an international nonprofit professional organization based in Vienna, Austria, which is committed to the promotion of research and the treatment for sexual offenders throughout the world. It was founded on March 24, 1998, in Caracas, Venezuela, during the 5th International Conference on the Treatment of Sexual Offenders. This organization also publishes a peer-reviewed journal titled, Sex Offender Treatment. The organization has board members and a scientific advisory committee.
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