NCJ Number
18357
Journal
INTERNATIONAL PSYCHIATRY CLINICS Volume: 8 Issue: 4 Dated: (1972) Pages: 145-164
Date Published
1972
Length
20 pages
Annotation
REVIEW OF THE OPERATION OF THIS REHABILITATIVE AND TREATMENT PROGRAM UNDER THE STATE SEX OFFENDER LAW, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE 'ROARE' TREATMENT APPROACH USED BY THE SPECIAL TREATMENT UNIT FOR SEX OFFENDERS AT RAHWAY.
Abstract
DISCUSSED ARE THE CHRONOLOGY AND PROVISIONS OF THE NEW JERSEY SEX STATUTE, WHICH COMMITS CONVICTED SEXUAL OFFENDERS TO A 60-DAY PERIOD OF DIAGNOSIS AND CLASSIFICATION, FOLLOWED BY THE INDICATED PSYCHIATRIC AND REHABILITATIVE TREATMENT EITHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE AN INSTITUTIONAL SETTING. DESCRIBED IN DETAIL IS THE TREATMENT PROGRAM USED AT ONE OF THE STATE'S INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS, THE SELF-CONTAINED SPECIAL TREATMENT UNIT FOR 100 SEX OFFENDERS AT MAXIMUM-SECURITY RAHWAY STATE PRISON. HIGHLIGHTED IS THE UNIT'S USE OF AN INTENSIVE MARATHON THERAPY ENTITLED 'ROARE' (REEDUCATION OF ATTITUDES AND REPRESSED EMOTIONS), WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE EMOTIONAL RELEASE TO SEXUAL OFFENDERS.