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The goal of therapy is to promote the offender's ability and willingness to manage their deviant tendencies in a manner that will reduce the likelihood that they will reoffend. The occurrence of a sexual assualt indicates that the individual has failed to manage their deviant tendencies in the past. For this reason, a number of external controls are placed on sex offenders entering the therapy process. These often include restrictions on contact with victims/potential vicitms, place of work, residence, recreational activities, requirements to submit to drug screening, polygraph testing, restrictions on use of pornography, alcohol, drugs, limitations on confidentiality, etc. The goals of therapy are designed to help the offender develop internal controls. The offender's progress in therapy is therefore determined by how far they are moving aling the continuum toward demonstrating, through their behavior, that they have developed, and are utilizing, internal controls. As they develop internal controls, the external controls imposed to manage their behavior, will become less necessary. Primary treatment goals for most sex offenders should include the following:
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