More commonly they are referred to as child molesters, incest offenders, exhibitionists and rapists. Child molesters are strangers who sexually abuse children by showing them sexually explicit material, touching them inappropriately, or engaging in sexual relations with them. An incest offender is someone from the child's family who sexually abuses the child. Exhibitionists obtain sexual pleasure by exposing their genitals to a stranger. Rapists force sexual relations on another person and can be someone familiar to the victim or a stranger.
Some evidence suggests that behavior modification is useful in the treatment of sex offenders.
While other psychotherapies may be helpful for treatment of sex offenders, they have not been evaluated scientifically in the same way as the treatment listed here.