I NEED THIS TODAY!!!! Please no plagiarism and make sure you are able to access all resources on your own before you bid. Main references come from Murray, C., Pope, A., & Willis, B. (2017) and/or American Psychological Association (2014). You need to have scholarly support for any claim of fact or recommendation regarding treatment. Please respond to all 3 of my classmates with references separately. You need to have scholarly support for any claim of fact or recommendation like peer-reviewed, professional scholarly journals. I need this completed by 05/02/2020 at 4pm. Expectation: Responses to peers. Note that this is measured by both the quantity and quality of your posts. Does your post contribute to continuing the discussion? Are your ideas supported with citations from the learning resources and other scholarly sources? Note, that although it is often helpful and important to provide one or two sentence responses thanking somebody or supporting them or commiserating with them, those types of responses do not always further the discussion as much as they check in with the author. Such responses are appropriate and encouraged; however, they should be considered supplemental to more substantive responses, not sufficient by themselves. Read a your colleagues' postings. Respond to your colleagues' postings. Respond in one or more of the following ways: · Ask a probing question. · Share an insight gained from having read your colleague's posting. · Offer and support an opinion. · Validate an idea with your own experience. · Make a suggestion. · Expand on your colleague's posting. 1. Classmate (C. Rod) "Sex is virtually all in the head anyway" (Cloud, 2010). This quote is how chapter six is started, and I find it very suiting for this week's discussion topic. A sex offender definition is someone who has been convicted of a sex crime involving a minor. This offense is severe, and when sentencing at a state or federal level, multiple factors are considered (Sex Offenders and Sex Offenses: Overview 2019). I have heard many people comment that pedophiles should be executed right after the trial, that sexually abusing a child is the unforgivable crime and that a person who commits such a crime has a mind that can not be healed. During Pre-Prac 1, Dr. Gess had stated that whatever population you do not want to work with, that is what you will get. She had shared that her population was pedophiles, and that was her first client. Dr. Gess continued that she ended up discovering that he was abused as a child and did not receive any counseling. He kept the vicious cycle alive, but that she ended up developing a strong rapport with him and learned a lot. Study after study has shown that when an individual experiences childhood trauma, it increases the risk for health and social problems and that it is a common experience for sexual offenders (Levenson, Willis & Prescott, n.d). An early survey found that 63% of incarcerated sex offenders .

1. I NEED THIS TODAY!!!!
Please no plagiarism and make sure you are able to access all
resources on your own before you bid. Main references come
from Murray, C., Pope, A., & Willis, B. (2017) and/or American
Psychological Association (2014). You need to have scholarly
support for any claim of fact or recommendation regarding
treatment. Please respond to all 3 of my classmates with
references separately. You need to have scholarly support for
any claim of fact or recommendation like peer-reviewed,
professional scholarly journals. I need this completed by
05/02/2020 at 4pm.
Expectation:
Responses to peers. Note that this is measured by both the
quantity and quality of your posts. Does your post contribute to
continuing the discussion? Are your ideas supported with
citations from the learning resources and other scholarly
sources? Note, that although it is often helpful and important to
provide one or two sentence responses thanking somebody or
supporting them or commiserating with them, those types of
responses do not always further the discussion as much as they
check in with the author. Such responses are appropriate and
encouraged; however, they should be considered supplemental
to more substantive responses, not sufficient by themselves.
Read
a your colleagues' postings.
Respond
to your colleagues' postings.
Respond in one or more of the following ways:
· Ask a probing question.

2. · Share an insight gained from having read your colleague's
posting.
· Offer and support an opinion.
· Validate an idea with your own experience.
· Make a suggestion.
· Expand on your colleague's posting.
1.
Classmate (C. Rod)
"Sex is virtually all in the head anyway" (Cloud, 2010). This
quote is how chapter six is started, and I find it very suiting for
this week's discussion topic. A sex offender definition is
someone who has been convicted of a sex crime involving a
minor. This offense is severe, and when sentencing at a state or
federal level, multiple factors are considered (Sex Offenders
and Sex Offenses: Overview 2019). I have heard many people
comment that pedophiles should be executed right after the
trial, that sexually abusing a child is the unforgivable crime and
that a person who commits such a crime has a mind that can not
be healed. During Pre-Prac 1, Dr. Gess had stated that whatever
population you do not want to work with, that is what you will
get. She had shared that her population was pedophiles, and that
was her first client. Dr. Gess continued that she ended up
discovering that he was abused as a child and did not receive
any counseling. He kept the vicious cycle alive, but that she
ended up developing a strong rapport with him and learned a
lot. Study after study has shown that when an individual
experiences childhood trauma, it increases the risk for health
and social problems and that it is a common experience for

3. sexual offenders (Levenson, Willis & Prescott, n.d). An early
survey found that 63% of incarcerated sex offenders reported
being sexually abused as a child or being pressured into sexual
activity by an adult (Levenson et al., n.d). Regarding this
information, yes, any child being sexually abused is
heartbreaking because we view children as innocent; however,
these sex offenders were once children as well. Should not the
same compassion be expressed to these individuals?
Your Position on Sex Offenders Rehabilitation
Honestly, just like any type of treatment, it is individualized.
I feel it depends on the person, their mindset, and situation
details. Individuals that violently raped or murder a child(ren)
versus someone who molests are different. Someone who
commits such as heinous crime, I'm not sure if they can be
rehabilitated. Many laws pertaining to children victims fir into a
"culture of fear" especially when any violence threatens
children (Farka & Stichman, 2002). Currently, instead of
focusing on rehabilitation, the focus is on controlling and
monitoring sex offenders for public safety. One specific case is
Leroy Hendricks, who was convicted of child molestation
multiple times. Because of this his case deemed violent predator
and sent to a mental hospital. He opposed the ruling stating that
it violated double jeopardy and ex post facto laws and argued
that he had only been punished not treated for his crimes (Farka
& Stichman, 2002). Now I do not if this man would have
changed his ways if he received appropriate treatment instead of
prison time, I feel conflicted about cases such as this because it
can be hard to determine if the individual is sincere or
manipulative.
Treatment

4. The purpose of treatment for paraphilic disorders has four
outcomes: "(a) reducing frequency and intensity of sexual
desires and arousal, (b) increasing awareness, (c) controlling
exposure of sexually arousing stimuli, and (d) treating comorbid
disorders." (Murray, Pope & Willis, 2017). CBT's purpose is to
help with cognitive decorations related to paraphilic disorders
and will address any trauma history. In the 1950s, at London's
Institute of Psychiatrists developed a treatment for paraphilic
behaviors, by utilizing aversive conditioning procedures
(Marshall & Hollin, 2015), In the 1970s, North America started
to proceed to use CBT into their sex offender treatment and
later added relapse prevention. After three meta-analytic studies
successfully showed that CBT was effective in treating sex
offenders of reducing reoffending (Marshall & Hollin, 2015).
References
Farkas, M. A., & Stichman, A. (2002). Sex Offender Laws: Can
Treatment, Punishment, Incapacitation, and Public Safety Be
Reconciled?
Criminal Justice Review (Georgia State University)
,
27
(2), 256.
Levenson, J. S., Willis, G. M., & Prescott, D. S. (n.d.). Adverse
Childhood Experiences in the Lives of Male Sex Offenders:
Implications for Trauma-Informed Care.
Sexual Abuse – A Journal of Research and treatment, 28
(4), 340–359. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

5. Marshall, W. L., & Hollin, C. (2015). Historical developments
in sex offender treatment.
Journal of Sexual Aggression, 21
(2), 125–135. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Murray, C., Pope, A., & Willis, B. (2017).
Sexuality counseling: Theory, research, and practice
. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Sex Offenders and Sex Offenses: Overview. (2019, January 22).
Retrieved April 28, 2020, from
https://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-charges/sex-offenders-
and-sex-offenses-overview.html
2.
Classmate (M. Neg)
Degree/ Extent of Rehabilitation
There are many different determining factors when it comes to
whether or not a sex offender can be rehabilitated. It is my
belief that with proper treatment a sex offender can be
rehabilitated but there are some cases where this could be not
possible. It could be harder or not possible to reach
rehabilitation with sex offenders who suffer from severe mental
problems or depending on the severity of the case.
Rehabilitation is also dependent on whether or not the sex
offender is ready to receive treatment. The readiness to receive
treatment has to come from the sex offender and not be because
treatment was a mandated court order or being used as an
incentive to reduce punishment. Research has shown that a
positive prison environment where a sex offender can find
meaning and accept positive experiences can help diminish
some the prisoner’s negative life experiences and reach new
positive self- identities (Hames, Winder, & Blagden, 2016).

6. Sex Offender Treatment
Sex offenders should have to face their actions through
punishment but also receive treatment to stop the behaviors
from occurring again. Research has shown that sex offender
treatment programs (SOTPs) can help in decreasing the number
of sex offenders who are reconvicted (Hames et al., 2016). With
the proper treatment it is possible that sex offenders could stop
their behaviors. Although the actions taken by sex offenders are
not right they should still be able to receive treatment and not
just punishment. It is important that sex offenders serve time
for the crime they committed but while serving time they should
be receiving some type of treatment so that if and when they get
out there is a less possibility of them taking part in those
behaviors again. Prison climate has an impact on the success of
treatment which is determined by a supportive and safe
environment, opportunities for growth, and attitudes of staff
(therapists, prison officers, and general staff) (Hames et al.,
2016). Sex offender treatment should entail a prison climate
that is beneficial to treatment, supportive and constructive
relationships between prisoner and staff, opportunities for
personal development, and relapse prevention techniques.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) would allow for a focus to
be placed on dysfunctional thinking that causes unacceptable or
inappropriate behaviors (Kim, Benekos, & Merlo, 2016). CBT
could be a good approach to use with sex offenders in the
process of rehabilitation because it can help guide them to
positive changes in their behaviors.
References
Hames, C., Winder, B., & Blagden, N. (2016). ’They treat us
like human beings’-experiencing a therapeutic sex offenders
prison: impact on prisoners and staff and implications for
treatment.

7. International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative
Criminology, (4)
, 371.
Kim, B., Benekos, P. J., & Merlo, A. V. (2016). Sex Offender
Recidivism Revisited.
Trauma, Violence & Abuse, 17
(1), 105–117. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
3.
Classmate (C. Als)
Main Post
The climate of the prison is related to the aspects of prison life.
The key issue for any prison climate would appear to be prison
and staff relationships. It has shown when the prison staff
shows positive attitudes towards the beliefs about change with
these prisoner’s it foster’s in an effective offender rehabilitation
behavior. This is important for sex offenders to have the
positive attitudes coming from prison staff which has
encouraged the motivation for treatment success for these types
of prisoners. Studies show that attitudes were at times in
conflict with the prisoners when the attitudes from the staff
were negative or in disgust for these prisoner’s criminal
behaviors. This led to stress and pressure from the prisoners and
caused an impact on treatment outcomes for the therapist.
Studies also found therapists who were warm and empathetic
with the men who sexually offend had developed a more
effective therapeutic relationship with them. Many therapists
reported about 20 to 30% of change occurred when this type of
approach was made. Constructive relationships are critical
among therapists and prisoners. Therefore, for the therapist to
encounter a healthy therapeutic relationship they must utilize an
active listening of understanding and an empathetic approach in

8. order to have a successful outcome (Benekos & Merlo, 2016).
There have been many attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of
sex offender treatment. The results which have been
incorporated into a series of meta-analysis and most
summarized. There has been no found evidence of meta-analysis
in reducing a sex offender from reoffending. However, there
have been reports of meaningful benefits as the study shows
there is about a 10% to 12% chance with some form of
treatment that can reduce the rates of a prisoner reoffending by
13 to 18%. The most potentially approached effective treatment
for sex offenders involves the integrated principles of the Risk
Needs Responsivity (RNR) model along with a Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy (CBT) approach. The Risk Needs
Responsivity (RNR) model demonstrates treatment for
correctional clients that is likely effective when (a) greater
allocation resources that devote to the highest risk cases with
correspondingly fewer resources offered to low-risk clients. (b)
treatment focused primarily on established dynamic risk. (c)
treatment with a rewarding, respectful, warm, and empathetic
manner that matches each client's unique personal
characteristics and learning capacity. The RNR showed to be
equally relevant when treating sex offender clients. The
Cognitive Behavior Therapy approach is evident and has shown
to be the most effective treatment in helping the client identify
their currents strengths, fulfilling prosocial life, skills involved
in leisure pursuit, criminogenic factors, and addressing the CBT
aimed at offsetting these deficits. By utilizing these treatments,
the focus is offering the strength-based elements in preventing
the sex offender client from reoffending (Marshal, Marshall &
Nicholaichuk, 2020).
References
Kim, B., Benekos, P. J., & Merlo, A. V. (2016). Sex Offender
Recidivism Revisited. Trauma, Violence & Abuse, 17(1), 105–

9. 117. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Olver, M. E., Marshall, L. E., Marshall, W. L., & Nicholaichuk,
T. P. (2020). A Long-Term Outcome Assessment of the Effects
on Subsequent Reoffense Rates of a Prison-Based CBT/RNR
Sex Offender Treatment Program With Strength-Based
Elements. Sexual Abuse : A Journal of Research and Treatment,
32(2), 127–153. https://doi-
org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1177/1079063218807486
Required Resources
Readings
·
Course Text:
Murray, C., Pope, A., & Willis, B. (2017).
Sexuality counseling: Theory, research, and practice
. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
· Chapter 6, “Sexuality and Mental Health”
·
Article:
Benfield, J. (2018). Sex Addiction: The Search for a Secure
Base.
Healthcare Counselling & Psychotherapy Journal, 18
(4), 14–17. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
·
Article:
Kraus, S. W., Voon, V., Kor, A., & Potenza, M. N. (2016).
Searching for clarity in muddy water: future considerations for
classifying compulsive sexual behavior as an addiction.
Addiction, 111

10. (12), 2113–2114. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
·
Reference Text:
American Psychiatric Association. (2013).
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
(5th ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.
Retrieved from the Walden Library