The Treatment Approach That Attempts to Reduce Recidivism Among Sex

question 45

Multiple Choice

The treatment approach that attempts to reduce recidivism among sex offenders by increasing self-awareness of factors that place them at high risk to reoffend and teaching them how to manage these high-risk situations is called:

• A)behavioural reconditioning
• B)reinforcement contingency training
• C)relapse prevention
• D)empathy training
• E)No treatment program has attempted to target these factors.

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Definitions:

Projection

A defense mechanism where an individual ascribes their own unwanted thoughts, feelings, or impulses onto someone else.

Latent Homosexual

A term historically used to describe a person who has homosexual desires or tendencies that are not openly expressed or consciously acknowledged.

Defence Mechanism

An unconscious tactic employed to shield an individual from the distress caused by thoughts or feelings that are deemed unacceptable.

Identification

A psychological process in which an individual assimilates an aspect, property, or attribute of the other and is transformed, wholly or partially, after the model the other provides.