Inside an innovative program helping sex offenders reintegrate into society – and why it works
- Written by: Kelly Richards, Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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In recent years, the biggest increases in Australia’s prison population have come from people convicted of sexual offences. From 2017-18, this segment of the prison population increased by 10%. The following year, it was up again by 7%.
As a corollary, more and more sexual offenders are being released from prisons back to our...