O.C.I. treats men from across Ontario. Recidivism Research conclusions show that O.C.I. is especially effective in reducing recidivism rates for sex offenders and those who commit violent crimes against people. This difference is considered to be statistically significant. It is important to remember that breaking down criminal values and replacing these with responsible societal values is intrinsic to the rehabilitative process. The key to O.C.I.'s success with criminal offenders is that it removes the inmate from the traditional jail environment and replaces this with a custodial environment committed to breaking down the jail culture and building working relationships with inmates.
Treatment is a powerful component in the prevention of future offences.
We have found this particularly true with sexual offenders. Prevention can be better addressed as offenders identify the means of accessing victims and the behaviours antecedent to their sexual acting out. As this information is provided to the treatment personnel, the offender's risk level to potentially re-offend can be closely monitored. Also, treatment providers garner a growing body of knowledge regarding the cognitive and behaviour patterns exhibited by sex offenders, which can then be incorporated into education and prevention programs. In The Arctic Real treatment cannot be offered in a correctional centre where living by criminal values is imperative to one's safety and survival.