Tertiary Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse

Description

This is a feasibility study designed to inform the development of a multinational study of the effectiveness of a tertiary prevention program for child sexual abuse. This study targets adult men who have engaged in child sexual abuse, and will be implemented within the Minnesota Department of Corrections. Data will include measures of the implementation process, short-terms changes in criminogenic factors, and staff and participant factors that could influence outcomes.

Conditions

Child Sexual Abuse

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Study overview

This is a feasibility study designed to inform the development of a multinational study of the effectiveness of a tertiary prevention program for child sexual abuse. This study targets adult men who have engaged in child sexual abuse, and will be implemented within the Minnesota Department of Corrections. Data will include measures of the implementation process, short-terms changes in criminogenic factors, and staff and participant factors that could influence outcomes.

Mobilizing Evidence Into Tertiary Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse: A Pilot Study

Tertiary Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse

Condition
Child Sexual Abuse
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Minneapolis

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55414

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Male
  • * 18 or older
  • * Serving time in MnDOC facilities for Criminal Sexual Conduct in the first, second, or third degree, whose victims were less than 14 years old
  • * Individuals assigned moderate to high risk to reoffend as determined upon entrance to the Minnesota Correctional System by the DOC Risk Assessment/Community Notification Unit."
  • * Diagnosed with an active, uncontrolled major mental disorder (e.g. bi-polar, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, major depression with psychotic features)
  • * Unable to read English at the 5th grade level
  • * Unable to speak English
  • * IQ of less than 85 as measured by standard intelligence tests
  • * Diagnosis of intellectual disability
  • * Engaged in violent behavior while incarcerated, as indicated by disciplinary actions and/or segregation within 60 days of intake"

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Minnesota,

Michael Miner, Ph.D, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Minnesota

Study Record Dates

2025-03-01