The Effectiveness of the Tupiq Program for Inuit Sex Offenders
This study examines the effectiveness of the Tupiq program, a culturally specific program for Inuit sex offenders that incorporates cognitive behavioural methods with traditional Inuit knowledge and culture led by Inuit healers and facilitators. Outcomes of 61 offenders who participated in the Tupiq...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/0306624x14536374 2023-05-15T16:54:30+02:00 The Effectiveness of the Tupiq Program for Inuit Sex Offenders Stewart, Lynn A. Hamilton, Ellen Wilton, Geoff Cousineau, Colette Varrette, Steven K. 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624x14536374 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0306624X14536374 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0306624X14536374 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology volume 59, issue 12, page 1338-1357 ISSN 0306-624X 1552-6933 Applied Psychology Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Pathology and Forensic Medicine journal-article 2014 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624x14536374 2022-04-14T04:38:53Z This study examines the effectiveness of the Tupiq program, a culturally specific program for Inuit sex offenders that incorporates cognitive behavioural methods with traditional Inuit knowledge and culture led by Inuit healers and facilitators. Outcomes of 61 offenders who participated in the Tupiq program and were released were compared with outcomes of a cohort of 114 released Inuit sex offenders incarcerated during the same time period who had taken alternative sex offender treatment programs, or had not attended any sex offender program. On release, Tupiq participants had significantly lower rates of general reoffending and violent reoffending than those in the combined comparison group. The hazard of reoffending for the comparison group was almost twice that of the Tupiq group. Although the sexual reoffending rate for the Tupiq participants was less than half of that of the comparison group, the difference between the two groups was not significant because of reduced statistical power. Survival analysis controlling for covariates confirmed significantly lower rates of general reoffending for the Tupiq group. Further analyses comparing the outcomes of the subgroup of offenders in the comparison group who participated in alternative sex offender treatment programs with those who participated in Tupiq indicated that Tupiq participants had significantly lower rates of both general and sexual reoffending. These positive results for this culturally specific program suggest that similarly designed interventions have a probability of contributing to the reduction of sexual offending within Inuit communities and, potentially, other jurisdictions that work with cultural minority sex offender groups from relatively isolated communities. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit SAGE Publications (via Crossref) International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 59 12 1338 1357 |
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This study examines the effectiveness of the Tupiq program, a culturally specific program for Inuit sex offenders that incorporates cognitive behavioural methods with traditional Inuit knowledge and culture led by Inuit healers and facilitators. Outcomes of 61 offenders who participated in the Tupiq program and were released were compared with outcomes of a cohort of 114 released Inuit sex offenders incarcerated during the same time period who had taken alternative sex offender treatment programs, or had not attended any sex offender program. On release, Tupiq participants had significantly lower rates of general reoffending and violent reoffending than those in the combined comparison group. The hazard of reoffending for the comparison group was almost twice that of the Tupiq group. Although the sexual reoffending rate for the Tupiq participants was less than half of that of the comparison group, the difference between the two groups was not significant because of reduced statistical power. Survival analysis controlling for covariates confirmed significantly lower rates of general reoffending for the Tupiq group. Further analyses comparing the outcomes of the subgroup of offenders in the comparison group who participated in alternative sex offender treatment programs with those who participated in Tupiq indicated that Tupiq participants had significantly lower rates of both general and sexual reoffending. These positive results for this culturally specific program suggest that similarly designed interventions have a probability of contributing to the reduction of sexual offending within Inuit communities and, potentially, other jurisdictions that work with cultural minority sex offender groups from relatively isolated communities. |
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The Effectiveness of the Tupiq Program for Inuit Sex Offenders |
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The Effectiveness of the Tupiq Program for Inuit Sex Offenders |
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