Effect of treatment on sex offenders’ recidivisma meta-analysis

  1. Virginia Soldino
  2. Enrique J. Carbonell-Vayá
Revista:
Anales de psicología

ISSN: 0212-9728 1695-2294

Año de publicación: 2017

Volumen: 33

Número: 3

Páginas: 578-588

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.6018/ANALESPS.33.3.267961 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Anales de psicología

Resumen

Este meta-análisis tiene por objetivo medir el efecto del tratamiento en delincuentes sexuales. Tras una revisión sistemática de la literatura reciente, fueron seleccionados diecisiete estudios, contando con una muestra total de 6,681 delincuentes sexuales. Las tasas de reincidencia sexual (13.12% vs. 17.94%), violenta –incluyendo la sexual– (25.5% vs. 29.1%) y general –cualquier tipo de reincidencia– (46.53% vs. 52.41%) de los delincuentes tratados fueron inferiores a las de los grupos control. Se evidenció la eficacia del tratamiento en la reducción de las tasas de reincidencia sexual (OR = .69; p< .05) y general (OR = .66; p < .05) de los sujetos tratados, pero no en las tasas de reincidencia violenta. Estos resultados confirman la capacidad de los tratamientos psicológicos para reducir el riesgo de reincidencia sexual y general de los delincuentes sexuales. No obstante, la interpretación de tales resultados requiere cautela, pues el análisis independiente de los estudios con buena calidad metodológica no mostró efectos significativos del tratamiento. La necesidad de nuevos y mejores estudios resulta evidente, especialmente en Europa.

Información de financiación

This research was partially supported by an FPU grant, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport. We thank V?ctor Garrig?s for assistance with coding, and Carlos L?pez-Pinar for comments that greatly improved the manuscript.

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