id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_ravupuu7hzgtzd3qxhfmbchp5y Chris Wilson Circles of Support and Accountability: An Innovative Approach to Manage High-Risk Sex Offenders in the Community 2010 10 .pdf application/pdf 8676 536 54 A "Circle" consists of a group of four to six volunteers with the offender as the Keywords: Sex offender, Circles, community, reintegration. and information between the Circle and those statutory agencies responsible for the core member's risk management. Circles could be seen as a part-solution to the scarce resources available to them and enhance their ability to effectively manage high risk sex offenders. Sex offender treatment providers were also accepting that Circles of Support For example, in Canada Circles were needed specifically for those offenders assessed as high-risk based on Valley Circles out of a total 60 CMs receiving the intervention 13% were identified as at Very High Risk of sexual Core Members (CMs) on Circles (Cesaroni, 2001; Haslewood-PĆ³csik, Smith & Spencer, 2008; Wilson, Picheca, & showed that, while no complete panacea, the impact of Circles reduced the sexual reconviction rate of high-risk offenders to a statistically significant degree (p<0.01). ./cache/work_ravupuu7hzgtzd3qxhfmbchp5y.pdf ./txt/work_ravupuu7hzgtzd3qxhfmbchp5y.txt