Sex Crimes Aired by Offenders at Therapy Sessions

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A need for power and control led William Mullen to rape and molest his two daughters, he says.

"My life was a mess," said Mullen, 37. "I couldn't control my wife, my bills, my money, but I could control my kids."

Mullen is an inmate at Big Muddy River Correctional Center in Ina. He hopes intensive group-therapy sessions will help in his rehabilitation.

Talking openly about their crimes and understanding their importance is a vital step in the recoveries of sex offenders, said Karen Kirschke, clinical supervisor at the prison. Nationwide, the number of sex-offender treatment programs has increased to more than 2,500 from 650 in 1986, although only a fraction …