In the second phase of the Sex Offender Treatment Evaluation Project (STEP) for the Home Office, studying the impact of seven programmes, the STEP Team collected extensive psychometric data from participants before and after treatment, observed the work undertaken and interviewed group leaders. The Team summarise their findings and make a number of recommendations that may be useful to practitioners.
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