Second Responder Program for Men (Ontario, Canada)

This is a program for medium- to high-risk sex offenders accused of raping their partners. The objective is to prevent recidivism and to identify and intervene in risk factors.
The program offers individual psychological care specialized in domestic violence until the date of the hearing, in which the offenders’ risk factors are mapped, and complementary services, such as mental health treatment, including substance use, and housing and food assistance.

Impact evaluations

An impact evaluation showed that program participants were statistically less likely to be charged with a new domestic, property, or administrative violence offense, or to be involved in police incidents. There were no statistically significant differences in the likelihood of being charged with a new violent crime [1].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Scott, K., Heslop, L., Kelly, T. & Wiggins, K. (2015). Intervening to prevent repeat offending among moderate- to high-risk domestic violence offenders: A second-responder program for men. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 59(3), 273–294. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X13513709

Information source

Crime Solutions