The criminal justice system increasingly seeks alternatives to traditional punitive measures like incarceration or conviction. One prominent mechanism is the diversion program, in which prosecutors and judges offer eligible defendants the opportunity to complete targeted educational courses in exchange for...

Rehabilitating Sex Offenders: Our Approach Offenders must learn responsible behavior, and our treatment programs use various techniques to help them rehabilitate. Through treatment, sex offenders come to understand the damaging effects of their behavior and develop empathy for the victim....

Bruce Cameron MS, LPC-S, LSOTP-S Dallas, Texas (214) 431-2032 Is it true that Federal Sex Offenders recidivate less than their state counterparts? If so, it may be because the vast majority of cases we receive are from Federal Probationary child pornography...

I have been called down at seminars and presentations by merely reciting the title of the criminal charge… “It’s not child porn, it’s pictures of child sexual abuse… noted in Federal Sex Offender Treatment Programs. There are no child pornography...

Texas does allow certain sex offenders to petition for early termination of their obligation to register, a process commonly referred to as deregistration. Under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 62.401–62.408, a strictly defined legal and clinical pathway exists for...