Improving the quality of sexual history disclosure on sex offenders: Emphasis on a polygraph examination.

Improving the quality of sexual history disclosure on sex offenders: Emphasis on a polygraph examination.

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The increasing recidivism rate of sex offenders indicates potential problems in existing recidivism programs. The present study was conducted to determine whether the polygraph examination is a useful technique to obtain a sex offender's concealed past sexual history. We collected fifty-two sex...

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Main Authors: Sue Hyun Jung, Min Jin Jin, Jang-Kyu Lee, Hee-Song Kim, Hyung-Ki Ji, Ki-Pyoung Kim, Myoung-Ho Hyun, Hyeon-Gi Hong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239046
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spelling doaj-a328dcabf79e4c4caea3b2d20b6ce8a42021-03-03T22:05:11ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032020-01-01159e023904610.1371/journal.pone.0239046Improving the quality of sexual history disclosure on sex offenders: Emphasis on a polygraph examination.Sue Hyun JungMin Jin JinJang-Kyu LeeHee-Song KimHyung-Ki JiKi-Pyoung KimMyoung-Ho HyunHyeon-Gi HongThe increasing recidivism rate of sex offenders indicates potential problems in existing recidivism programs. The present study was conducted to determine whether the polygraph examination is a useful technique to obtain a sex offender's concealed past sexual history. We collected fifty-two sex offenders' data and analyzed it. Among the 52 participants, the court ordered 26 sex offenders to take the psychiatric evaluation and the polygraph test. The other half were prisoners at the hospital who were currently undergoing treatment. The participants in the polygraph group disclosed more deviant sexual behaviors and paraphilia interests/behaviors than the comparison group. Thus, the polygraph examination is a powerful tool that can encourage sex offenders to disclose hidden information to help create suitable psychological therapy programs for preventing recidivism in the future.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239046
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Hyeon-Gi Hong
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Min Jin Jin
Jang-Kyu Lee
Hee-Song Kim
Hyung-Ki Ji
Ki-Pyoung Kim
Myoung-Ho Hyun
Hyeon-Gi Hong
Improving the quality of sexual history disclosure on sex offenders: Emphasis on a polygraph examination.
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title Improving the quality of sexual history disclosure on sex offenders: Emphasis on a polygraph examination.
title_short Improving the quality of sexual history disclosure on sex offenders: Emphasis on a polygraph examination.
title_full Improving the quality of sexual history disclosure on sex offenders: Emphasis on a polygraph examination.
title_fullStr Improving the quality of sexual history disclosure on sex offenders: Emphasis on a polygraph examination.
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publishDate 2020-01-01
description The increasing recidivism rate of sex offenders indicates potential problems in existing recidivism programs. The present study was conducted to determine whether the polygraph examination is a useful technique to obtain a sex offender's concealed past sexual history. We collected fifty-two sex offenders' data and analyzed it. Among the 52 participants, the court ordered 26 sex offenders to take the psychiatric evaluation and the polygraph test. The other half were prisoners at the hospital who were currently undergoing treatment. The participants in the polygraph group disclosed more deviant sexual behaviors and paraphilia interests/behaviors than the comparison group. Thus, the polygraph examination is a powerful tool that can encourage sex offenders to disclose hidden information to help create suitable psychological therapy programs for preventing recidivism in the future.
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