The Integrated Risk Assessment and Treatment System (IRATS) Model of Sexual Offending: A Case Study
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The present article describes the Integrated Risk Assessment and Treatment System (IRATS) Model of offender therapy. The model was developed for use with sexual offenders though we have argued elsewhere (e.g., Abracen and Looman, 2016) that the model may be easily adapted for use with violent non-sexual offenders. Although this model has been described in detail elsewhere, the present manuscript presents an illustration of the clinical uses of the model as applied to a particular client. This client has been included in the various outcome studies that the authors have completed on high-risk high-need sexual offenders seen in both institutional and community settings. Following a discussion of the case of GW we review some of the outcome research which we have completed in support of the model.
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ABRACEN, Jeff; LOOMAN, Jan; GALLO, Allessandra.
The Integrated Risk Assessment and Treatment System (IRATS) Model of Sexual Offending: A Case Study.
Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 5, n. Issue 9, sep. 2017.
ISSN 2375-1924.
Available at: <https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/1490>. Date accessed: 18 apr. 2024.
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Gallo, A., Abracen, J., Looman, J., Jeglic, E., & Dickey, R. (2016). The use of leuprolide acetate in the management of high-risk sexual offenders. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Andrews, D. A. & Bonta, J. (1998). The psychology of criminal conduct (2nd. Ed.). Cincinnati, OH: Anderson.
Andrews, D. A. & Bonta, J. (2010). The psychology of criminal conduct (5thEd.). New Providence, NJ: Mathew Bender & Company, Inc.
Abracen, J., & Looman, J. (2016). Treatment of high risk sexual offenders: An integrated approach. Oxford, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.
Abracen, J., Looman, J., & Ferguson, M. (In Press). Substance abuse among sexual offenders: Review of research and clinical implications. Journal of Sexual Aggression.
Looman, J., & Abracen, J. (2017). An integrated approach to risk need responsivity: An update to the RNR model of assessment and treatment. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Looman, J., & Abracen, J. (2013). The risk need responsivity model of offender rehabilitation: Is there really a need for a paradigm shift? International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 8, 32-39.
Courtois, C. A., & Ford. J. D. (Eds.). (2009). Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders : An Evidence Based Guide. New York: The Guilford Press
Levers, L. L.(Ed.). (2012). Trauma Counselling: Theories and Interventions. New York, N.Y., Springer Publishing Company.
Yalom, I. D. (1995). The theory and practice of group psychotherapy (4rth Ed.). New York, N.Y.: Basic Books.
Abracen, J., Axford, M., & Gileno, J. (2012). Changes in the profile of offender populations residing in community facilities: 1998 and 2008. Ottawa, ON: Public Safety Canada (R-256).
Looman, J., Abracen, J., & Nicholaichuk, T. P. (2000). Recidivism among treated sexual offenders and matched controls: Data from the Regional Treatment Centre (Ontario). Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 15, 279-290.
Abracen, J., Gallo, A., Looman, J., & Goodwill, A. (2015). Community based treatment of offenders with mental illness: Relationship to recidivism. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1-17, DOI: 10.1177/0886260515570745.
Gallo, A., Abracen, J., Looman, J., Jeglic, E., & Dickey, R. (2016). The use of leuprolide acetate in the management of high-risk sexual offenders. Manuscript submitted for publication.