INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL CONSULTATION AND THERAPY

2012, VOL. 7, NO. 2–3 The results of a recent meta-analysis (Reitzel & Carbonell, 2006) indicate that approximately 19 % of adolescents who did not receive specialized, sexual-offense-specific treat-ment were subsequently charged for a sexual reoffense after a follow-up period of approximately 5 years. In contrast, approxi-mately 7 % of adolescents who received sexual-offense-specific treatment were charged with a new sexual offense during the same time period. Thus, participation in treatment to address sexual offense behavior reduces sexual offense recidivism by al-most two-thirds. Like other forms of therapeutic intervention, treatment for juveniles who commit sexual offense behavior (henceforth re-ferred to as JSOs) was adapted from interventions that had been developed for treating adults who had committed sexual offense behavior. With regard to therapy for adults who have commit-ted criminal offense behavior, including sexual offense behavior