Sex Crime Treatment
Sex Crime Treatment Committee
"Govt eyes efforts to stop sex offender recidivism"
"The Justice Ministry will establish a sex crime treatment committee in April made up of psychiatrists and other specialists in an effort to stop sex offenders from reoffending and to create new corrections programs for those convicted of sex crimes, ministry officials said Saturday.
The ministry has already been reviewing rehabilitation programs used in the nation's prisons, but because of the high rate of recidivism among sex offenders, expert opinions were sought on appropriate countermeasures.
The committee will consist of about 10 experts. One candidate is the Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry's Department of Addictive Behavior Research chief Eiichi Senoo, a leading expert on addictive sexual behavior.
In Britain, Germany and the United States, rehabilitation programs for sex offenders include such measures as counseling by psychiatrists, group counseling and medication to suppress male sex drive."
The Yomiuri Shimbun, March 28th, 2005
"Govt eyes efforts to stop sex offender recidivism"
"The Justice Ministry will establish a sex crime treatment committee in April made up of psychiatrists and other specialists in an effort to stop sex offenders from reoffending and to create new corrections programs for those convicted of sex crimes, ministry officials said Saturday.
The ministry has already been reviewing rehabilitation programs used in the nation's prisons, but because of the high rate of recidivism among sex offenders, expert opinions were sought on appropriate countermeasures.
The committee will consist of about 10 experts. One candidate is the Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry's Department of Addictive Behavior Research chief Eiichi Senoo, a leading expert on addictive sexual behavior.
In Britain, Germany and the United States, rehabilitation programs for sex offenders include such measures as counseling by psychiatrists, group counseling and medication to suppress male sex drive."
The Yomiuri Shimbun, March 28th, 2005
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