Correctional Treatment of the Sexual Deviate

CHARLES E. SMITHAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 125, Number 5

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.5.615

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Correctional work with sex offenders is complicated by confusing statutory definitions, uncertainties about diagnosis, problems in motivation for treatment, and many other factors. After evaluating these difficulties and the resources available to overcome them, the author concludes that this group of offenders is most effectively treated in a hospital rather than a correctional setting, using the technique of group psychotherapy.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 125 • Number 5 • November 1968

Pages: 615 - 621

PubMed: 5683447

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Published in print: November 1968

Published online: 1 April 2006

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CHARLES E. SMITH

Associate professor of psychiatry, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, N. C. 27514

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