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Article: Hypnotic psychotherapy with sex offenders.
- Article from:
- Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling
- Article date:
- October 1, 2005
- Author:
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The authors review the literature on the prevalence of sex offenders; multiple treatment modalities; and implications of the use of hypnotic psychotherapy, coupled with cognitive behavioral treatment programs, for treating sex offenders.
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Sex offenders and the offenses they commit have been topics of discussion by the American public for years. In the 1990s, for example, the State of Washington became the first state to pass legislation requiring communities to be notified when a sex offender returns to a community. In 1994, when Megan Kanka was raped and murdered, there was a public outcry to establish community notification laws across the ...