Articles about sex offenders. After excluding duplicates, 297 articles were included in further analysis that yielded 48 articles for full-text analysis. In their 2014 article examining literature about sex offender registries, Sarah W. In this article, a review of sexual offender treatment is provided, with accompanying research support for specific approaches. An especially acute concern involves the growing exploita tion of children by online sex offenders who use the Internet and related digital technolo gies to possess, distribute, or produce child pornography or contact children for sexual purposes (Seto, Hanson, & Babchishin, 2011). However, there is evidence suggesting that the public's beliefs about sex offenders may be based upon myths and misperceptions. Sexual offending is a topic of particularly high concern in the general public, mass media and in crime policy making. In our sex offender treatment program at a state hospital, a primarily forensic mental institution, our first challenge is getting patients with sex offenses into our program. To address the rich but uneven literature, a comprehensive review was conducted making it possible to provide a contextualized overview Sage Journals: Your gateway to world-class journal research Sex offender legislation is influenced by public pressure. Bierie of the U. Theories of how sex offenders function range from instinctive biological drives to cognitive learning, as explained by both Ellis (1991) and Hanson and Morton-Bourgon (2005). ahy era6 ybtws 3y7cw ssgna2 gyb4s8t xiw inzcy0g e969wqse n2jas