Managing sex offenders is critical to community safety and effective risk management is the theme of this training. This seminar presents the containment model integrating current and innovative ideas in the field of sex offender management. Within the model, both content and dynamic factors are discussed. Content factors include selected dynamic risk factors, common clues & cues to look for when supervising offenders, effective conditions of release offense pathways, integrating the Good Lives Model, and methods of monitoring. Process factors include: interpersonal dynamics and relationships, process variables, and socially influencing through a generic view of interpersonal relationships. An evaluation tool to help assess effective groups from a supervisory perspective will be presented. Lastly, effective ways to manage compliance and resistance are discussed. The presentation will offer practical information, case examples and audience interaction.
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Workshop Content
Containment model
Conditions of release
Risk & risk management
Effective monitoring systems
Review of Dynamic Risk Factors (DRF’s)
Utilizing acute dynamic risk factors
Integrating innovative ideas in management (Good Lives Model, interventions, offense pathways, etc.)
Reviewing generic structures in interpersonal influence
Effectively managing supervisory interpersonal relationships with sex offenders
Gaining compliance & minimizing resistance
Evaluating effective sex offender groups
Workshop Objectives
Utilize the containment model, including a list of effective conditions of release
Describe different monitoring systems
Identify essential components of aftercare
Managing key dynamic risk factors (DRF’s)
Differentiate acute and stable risk factors in management
Manage key offense pathways
Distinguish between effective vs. ineffective sex offender groups
Describe generic structures of interpersonal influence
Develop effective strategies to manage & work with resistance to gain compliance
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Presented by
Mark Carich, Ph.D.
 Dr. Mark Carich is the program administrator for the Sexually Dangerous
Persons Assessment and Treatment program in the state of Illinois. He
is a pioneer in the development of the sex offender treatment programs
for the civilly committed SDP’s and structured the program in
accordance with current national standards. He provides treatment to
incarcerated sexually dangerous persons in addition to his management
duties. Dr. Carich has published extensively and is the author of 10
books and workbooks. He is the contributor of chapters in several
renowned books & peer review articles on assessment, treatment, and
management of sex offenders. His recent book titles include: Adult
Sexual Offender Assessment Report (2003) and Handbook of Sexual Abuser
Assessment & Treatment (2001) and Contemporary Treatment of Adult
Male Sex Offenders (2003) with Martin Calder. Dr. Carich has edited 3
different newsletters related to the subject. In addition to regularly
publishing articles on the subject of assessment, treatment and
management of sex offenders in peer reviewed journals, he has edited 3
special issues, including one on hypnosis and two on sex offender
issues.
Dr. Carich has 24 years of experience working with various
forensic populations including sex offenders. In addition to presenting
regularly at national conferences like ATSA (Association for the
Treatment of Sexual Abusers), he also does nationwide and international
seminars and training on the subject. He has consulted regularly on sex
offender related issues both at the state and national levels and has
testified as an expert witness on issues related to the recovery of sex
offenders in more than one hundred cases.
Dr. Carich is currently adjunct faculty at the Adler School of
professional Psychology in Chicago, teaching courses on sex offender
assessment, treatment and management. Since 1984, he has taught at 5
different universities. In 2003, Dr. Carich was given a recognition
award by NAFC (National Association of Forensic Counselors) for his
achievements in the field.
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