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13 results foundAuthor: Great Britain. Home Office Title: Guidance on Section 17 Policing and Crime Act 2009: Engagement and Support Orders. Summary: Section 17 of the Policing and Crime Act allows the courts to impose a rehabilitative order on people convicted of loitering and soliciting for the purpose of prostitution. An Engagement and Support Order will be an alternative to a fine and will require an offender to attend three meetings with a supervisor in order to explore the reasons for their continued involvement in prostitution and identify possible routes out. The Home Office has produced guidance to support these orders to be used by the police, the courts and specialist support services. Details: London: Home Office, 2010. 49p. Source: Year: 2010 Country: United Kingdom URL: Shelf Number: 118529 Keywords: Prostitute (U.K.)Prostitution (U.K.)Sex Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Great Britain. HM Inspectorate of Probation Title: Restriction and Rehabilitation: Getting the Right Mix: An Inspection of the Management of Sexual Offenders in the Community Summary: Although statistically sex offenders are reconvicted less frequently than most other offenders, their offences can cause great public concern because of the impact they have on the victim. Following a previous joint report in 2005, inspectors wanted to see how well Probation and Police are managing such offenders in the community. This inspection focused on sex offenders either sentenced to a community order or released on licence. Inspectors found much that was encouraging with many examples of good practice. However, they stated that gaps remained in arrangements to protect the public and rehabilitate those convicted of sex crimes. Details: London: HMI Probation and HMI Constabulary, 2010. 58p. Source: Internet Resource; Criminal Justice Joint Inspection Year: 2010 Country: United Kingdom URL: Shelf Number: 119289 Keywords: PedophilesRapists (U.K.)RehabilitationSex Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Great Britain. Criminal Justice Joint Inspection Title: Restriction and Rehabilitation: Getting the Right Mix. An Inspection of the Management of Sexual Offenders in the Community Summary: The proportion of sexual offenders who are reconvicted of further offending is known to be low. Nevertheless, their subsequent crimes understandably cause considerable public concern. In taking this inspection forward, we wanted to see how far the police and probation services were able to fulfil their different roles in controlling and restricting the offender, whilst at the same time offering them help to change their behaviour. In other words, whether they were able to maintain the right mix, so necessary for public protection, between Restriction and Rehabilitation in work with registered sexual offenders. We were aware, from our Offender Management Inspections of all probation trusts, that work with offenders assessed as an increased Risk of Harm to others was generally of a higher standard than that with other offenders. We were therefore not surprised to find many examples of good practice by both police and probation. These related particularly to the restrictive elements of work with sexual offenders and included: consolidating practice relating to the notification requirements for registered sex offenders; use of the sexual offences prevention order; monitoring licence conditions; and the multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA) with more serious cases. The inspection, nevertheless, revealed a number of areas where practice by both police and probation could be improved. In our opinion the three main issues, all key to public protection, threatened to undermine the efficacy of work with registered sexual offenders by both the police and probation services. These were: engagement: some probation offender managers did not engage well with those sexual offenders who were not required to attend a Sexual Offender Treatment Programme communication: formal channels of communication, both within and between police and probation services, needed to be improved MAPPA: specifically the identification and management of level 1 cases, i.e. those subject to ‘ordinary agency management’. Details: London: Criminal Justice Joint Inspection, 2010. 58p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 3, 2011 at: http://www.justice.gov.uk/inspectorates/hmi-probation/docs/Sex_Offenders_Report-rps.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.justice.gov.uk/inspectorates/hmi-probation/docs/Sex_Offenders_Report-rps.pdf Shelf Number: 120682 Keywords: Community SupervisionPolicingProbationRecidivismRehabilitationSex Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Pearce, Hannah Title: Off the Radar: Protecting Children from British Sex Offenders Who Travel Summary: ECPAT UK has been working to end the sexual exploitation of children overseas by British nationals for almost 20 years and we have documented over 120 cases of Britons accused of such crimes during this period. In 2010, ECPAT UK was made aware of over a dozen cases committed in countries including India, Cambodia and Romania. This report provides details of five of these cases which are used to illustrate success stories and the existing gaps and challenges. We are deeply concerned that despite improvements to legislation and some notable efforts on the part of individual police forces, British nationals continue to travel abroad to abuse children. Despite their ongoing risk to children and the fact that many of these individuals are known to authorities both in the UK and in the country in which the abuse took place, these individuals often fall off the radar. In particular, we are concerned about the vulnerability of children in international schools and orphanages because of the lack of information sharing between jurisdictions, and the fact that international organisations are unable to access the criminal records checking procedures that would be expected as standard procedure by UK institutions. There is evidence to suggest that serious sex offenders who are known to authorities in the UK seek out teaching or volunteer jobs abroad where they feel they can abuse freely without detection. Conversely, perpetrators who have been convicted abroad for child sex offences can easily slip back into the UK undetected. This creates an unacceptable risk to British children because there is no legal mandate that compels perpetrators to disclose these offences immediately upon their return to the UK and seemingly little management of international data when it comes to light. Details: London: ECPAT UK, 2011. 25p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 7, 2011 at: http://www.ecpat.org.uk/sites/default/files/off_the_radar_-_protecting_children_from_british_sex_offenders_who_travel.pdf Year: 2011 Country: Europe URL: http://www.ecpat.org.uk/sites/default/files/off_the_radar_-_protecting_children_from_british_sex_offenders_who_travel.pdf Shelf Number: 121261 Keywords: Child Sexual AbuseSex Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Great Britain. Home Office Title: Reforming the Notification Requirements of Registered Sex Offenders (Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003): A Targeted Consultation Summary: This targeted consultation seeks views on four key proposals to reform the notification requirements for registered sex offenders. The aim of the proposals is to ensure that the police are provided with important intelligence, allowing them to manage registered sex offenders more effectively and robustly, and prevent them from exploiting gaps in existing legislation to cause harm both in the UK and overseas. Details: London: Home Office, 2011. 24p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 12, 2011 at:http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/about-us/consultations/notification-sex-offenders/notif-sex-offenders-consult?view=Binary Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/about-us/consultations/notification-sex-offenders/notif-sex-offenders-consult?view=Binary Shelf Number: 122033 Keywords: Sex Offender NotificationSex Offenders (U.K.)Sex Offenses |
Author: Great Britain. Home Office Title: Impact Assessment: Increasing the Notification Requirements of Registered Sex Offenders Under Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 Summary: Under existing legislation (Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003) registered sex offenders are required to notify their name, address, date of birth, national insurance number, and travel outside the UK of a period of 3 days or longer to the police annually or whenever their details change. Not having to notify travel outside the UK of less than 3 days has been identified as a loophole. Additionally, the police will be able to more effectively manage registered sex offenders if they are required to notify weekly if registered as having 'no fixed abode', notify if living in a household with a child under the age of 18, notify passport and bank account details, and provide proof of identification at each notification. Government intervention is necessary to prevent offenders from exploiting gaps in the system and provide the police with the information they need to manage registered sex offenders more robustly. Public safety will always be a top priority for the Government. Where we can take further action to protect the public we will. The preferred policy option outlined within this Impact Assessment and the consultation paper: Reforming the Notification Requirements of Registered Sex Offenders (Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003): A Targeted Consultation, will strengthen the notification requirements regime. It will provide the police with important intelligence, allowing them to manage registered sex offenders more effectively and robustly, and prevent them from exploiting gaps in existing legislation to cause harm both in the UK and overseas. Details: London: Home Office, 2011. 35p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 12, 2011 at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/about-us/consultations/notification-sex-offenders/notif-sex-offenders-ia?view=Binary Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/about-us/consultations/notification-sex-offenders/notif-sex-offenders-ia?view=Binary Shelf Number: 122034 Keywords: Sex Offender RegistrationSex Offenders (U.K.)Sex Offenses |
Author: Wood, Jason Title: The Operation and Experience of Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) Summary: This research was undertaken as part of the Home Office’s review of the way in which offenders convicted of sexual offences against children are managed. The research had two primary aims. 1. To identify and assess specific operational practices in relation to sexual offenders subject to Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) Level 2 and 3 in terms of risk assessment, supervision, surveillance, interventions, enforcement, compliance, breach, recall and so on. 2. To identify and assess the experience of subjection to MAPPA Level 2 and 3 and the impact of this on offending-related behaviour of Registered Sexual Offenders (RSOs) convicted of offences against children. To be explored from the viewpoint of both offenders and those working within those agencies represented at MAPPA Level 2 and 3. The study was qualitative in nature and included interviews with a range of practitioners involved in the MAPPA process, and offenders, and a number of focus groups with members of Level 2 and 3 panels and Strategic Management Boards. The study was small-scale, conducted within three MAPPA Areas and therefore does not represent a comprehensive examination of MAPPA effectiveness. Rather, it is an exploration of current practices within MAPPA across the three Areas and how these are understood and experienced by those involved. Details: London: Home Office, 2007. 31p. Source: Internet Resource: Home Office Online Report 12/07: Accessed August 8, 2011 at: http://www.caerdydd.ac.uk/socsi/resources/MAPPA1207.pdf Year: 2007 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.caerdydd.ac.uk/socsi/resources/MAPPA1207.pdf Shelf Number: 122319 Keywords: CollaborationCommunity Based CorrectionsSex Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Mills, Helen Title: A life sentence really? The resettlement of ex-prisoners with a conviction for a sexual offence and the role of a housing support charity in this process Summary: This report explores the transition from prison for those with a conviction for a sexual offence, a group that faces and poses considerable challenges in the community after their prison release. Based on interviews with ex-prisoners convicted of a sexual offence, staff and volunteers at a specialist hostel for this group and representatives from local statutory agencies, the report considers three resettlement issues- housing, employment and community reintegration - and explores the dilemmas that arise for professionals involved in the lives of ex-prisoners with a conviction for a sexual offence. Details: London: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, 2012. 84p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 24, 2012 at http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus1917/A_life_sentence_really.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus1917/A_life_sentence_really.pdf Shelf Number: 124732 Keywords: Ex-Offenders (U.K.)Housing (U.K.)Prisoner Resettlement (U.K.)Sex Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Nicholls, Carol McNaughton Title: Attitudes to Sentencing Sexual Offences Summary: This report outlines findings of research conducted by Natcen Social Research on victim/survivor1 and public attitudes to sentencing sexual offences. This research was conducted on behalf of the Sentencing Council for England and Wales, to inform their current review of guidelines on sentencing sexual offences, and in accordance with their statutory duties to “produce analysis and research on sentencing”, “promote a clear, fair and consistent approach to sentencing”, and “work to improve public confidence in sentencing.”2 An evidence review was completed as phase one of the research, and suggested that there was a need for up-to-date and methodologically robust research on public and victim/survivor views and sexual offences sentencing. The review identified that new research was needed to explore a range of offences and that not only concentrated on offences such as rape. Qualitative research was the favoured methodology as it allowed research participants the opportunity to provide explanations for the reasons given for suggested sentences, discuss their level of awareness of sentencing, and in the case of research with victim/survivors, enabled interviews to be conducted that were responsive and tailored to personal experience. There are, however, limits to the scope of any research project and this study is no exception – the focus here was on exploring public and victim/survivors’ attitudes and experiences of the sentencing of different sexual offences, and there was not scope to explore a range of additional issues, such as views on the existing sentencing guidelines for sexual offences or the effectiveness of different sanctions. Aims and objectives In this context the aims and objectives of the research were to: map awareness of the various sanctions for sexual offences that are available; understand what are considered to be appropriate sanctions and sentences for a range of sexual offences, the reasons for this and the relative gravity of sexual offences against each other and in comparison to other offences; identify the range of aggravating and mitigating factors that influenced the nature of participants’ responses to the appropriate type and length of sentence, including which factors are more or less important when considering the sentence; and discuss the purpose of sentencing sexual offences. And in addition, with victim/survivors of sexual offences and their family: describe the experiences of people affected by sexual offences and the seriousness and harm of the offence; and where relevant, understand their experience of the sentencing process and the personal impact of the sentence. Details: London: Sentencing Council, 2012. 118p. Source: Internet Resource: Sentencing Council Research Series 01/12: Accessed November 2, 2012 at: http://sentencingcouncil.judiciary.gov.uk/docs/Attitudes_to_Sentencing_Sexual_Offences_(web).pdf Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://sentencingcouncil.judiciary.gov.uk/docs/Attitudes_to_Sentencing_Sexual_Offences_(web).pdf Shelf Number: 126817 Keywords: Public AttitudesPublic OpinionPunishmentSentencingSex Offenders (U.K.)Sex Offenses |
Author: Robertson, Caroline Title: Current Issues in the Treatment of Sexual Offenders Summary: This thesis investigates the debate around sex offender treatment efficacy. Numerous methods are utilised to explore this topic, including a meta-analysis (N =15,931), empirical research (N =322) and a single case study. Chapter 1 reviews the efficacy of sex offender treatment in relation to study design, treatment type, and treatment setting. Results indicate a positive effect of treatment in reducing both sexual and general recidivism for treated versus untreated offenders. However, treatment effects varied greatly according to the study design used, with no significant effect of treatment found for randomised controlled trials. Within Chapter 2, survival analysis and logistic regression are used to examine the impact of treatment dose (‘Risk Principle’) on reconviction and within-treatment change. Results indicate that whilst controlling for Risk Matrix 2000 (Thornton, Mann, Webster, Blud, Travers, Friendship & Erikson, 2003) classification, treatment dose does not influence treatment outcome. The results are discussed in light of the need to consider the way that sexual offenders interact with the amount of treatment received. Chapter 3 uses a single case design to explore assessment and low-dose intervention with an internet offender. The case study explores practice based issues, including the difficulty in applying pre-existing knowledge of contact sexual offenders to internet offenders. Chapter 4 provides a critique of Risk Matrix 2000 (Thornton et al., 2003). Chapter 5 discusses the practical and theoretical implications of this thesis, explores limitations of the thesis, and provides recommendations for future research. Details: Birmingham, UK: Centre for Forensic and Criminological Psychology of the University of Birmingham, 2010. 161p. Source: Internet Resource: Dissertation: Accessed May 13, 2013 at: http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/857/1/Robertson10ForenPsyD.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/857/1/Robertson10ForenPsyD.pdf Shelf Number: 128716 Keywords: RecidivismSex Offender Treatment ProgramsSex Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Higgs, Tamsin Title: Towards Identification of the Sexual Homicide Perpetrator Summary: A 'continuum' conceptualisation of sexual offending has been proposed (e.g Oliver et al., 2005; Proulx, Cusson, & Beauregard, 2005; Salfati & Taylor, 2006) where circumstantial violence determines whether the outcome of a sexual assault is fatal. However, so far research has failed to distinguish those sexual homicide offenders for whom homicide was a sexually motivated act, from those who killed their victim(s) incidentally, or in order to evade capture. This study identified a group of sexual homicide offenders who committed acts of post-mortem interference, which is suggestive of a sexual motivation for the killing. This group was compared to a group of offenders convicted of sexual assault, to determine whether there were any differences between them, in crime scene and psychological characteristics. The adult male sample consisted of 48 non-serial post-mortem interference sexual homicide offenders whose victims were females aged 14 years or over, and 48 convicted sexual offenders whose offences did not result in homicide, all of whom had participated in the UK Prison Service Sexual Offender Treatment Programme (SOTP). Both samples were identified from information relating to convictions between 1954 and 2012. Details: London: National Offender Management Service and Ministry of Justice, 2015. 5p. Source: Internet Resource: Analytical Summary: Accessed February 26, 2015 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/406956/towards-identification-of-sexual-homicide-perpetrator.pdf Year: 2015 Country: United Kingdom URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/406956/towards-identification-of-sexual-homicide-perpetrator.pdf Shelf Number: 134674 Keywords: HomicideSex Offenders (U.K.)Sexual AssaultSexual Violence |
Author: Carter, Adam Title: The Use of Crime Scene and Demographic Information in the Identification of Sexual Homicides Summary: It is often the case that those convicted of sexual offences find it difficult to discuss their offending and those who have committed a sexual homicide can be particularly reluctant to talk about their criminal behaviour. As a result, forensic practitioners frequently rely upon crime scene information to identify any sexual behaviour associated with a homicide. The study aimed to look for discernable patterns and victim and perpetrator characteristics that may serve to delineate sexual homicide without relying on disclosure from the perpetrators of the crime. A second aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that the majority of sexual homicide cases can be captured using Ressler, Burgess, and Douglas's (1988) definition of sexual homicide. A sample of 65 sexual killers and 64 cases of men convicted between 1966 and 2005, of what were considered on the basis of available evidence to be non-serial, non-sexual homicides were used. Details: London: National Offender Management Service and Ministry of Justice, 2015. 5p. Source: Internet Resource: Analytical Summary: Accessed February 26, 2015 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/406945/crime-scene-and-demographic-information-in-sexual-homicides.pdf Year: 2015 Country: United Kingdom URL: Shelf Number: 134676 Keywords: HomicidesSex Offenders (U.K.)Sexual Violence |
Author: Levins, Alice Title: Living among sex offenders: Identity, safety and relationships at Whatton Prison Summary: Little research has been carried out on the sociology of imprisonment for sex offenders, despite them making up 16 per cent of the sentenced adult male population in England and Wales. This report applies some of the established questions from the prison sociology tradition to the sex offender prisoner population. The research explores experiences related to safety, the management of identity, the development of hierarchies and the formation and maintenance of friendships within this institutional context. The research was based on 22 semi-structured interviews with 22 prisoners in Whatton prison. Interviews were transcribed verbatim, and the data was then coded using adaptive theory, with some themes drawn from the literature and others emerging from the data. The research found that, although prisoners reported feeling much safer in Whatton than they had elsewhere, they experienced a distinctive form of anxiety as a result of the social pressures of living solely among sex offenders. The research also found that prisoners struggled with their stigmatisation as sex offenders, and this structured their identities and relationships in various ways. The report argues that sex offenders have markedly different experiences in prison than 'mainstream' prisoners, thereby meriting separate study. Details: London: Howard League for Penal Reform, 2014. 42p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 19, 2015 at: https://d19ylpo4aovc7m.cloudfront.net/fileadmin/howard_league/user/pdf/Publications/Living_among_sex_offenders.pdf Year: 2014 Country: United Kingdom URL: https://d19ylpo4aovc7m.cloudfront.net/fileadmin/howard_league/user/pdf/Publications/Living_among_sex_offenders.pdf Shelf Number: 134971 Keywords: InmatesPrisonersSex Offenders (U.K.) |