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Trends in the management of registered sexual offenders across England and Wales: a geographical approach to the study of sexual offending

Hudson, Kirsty Joanne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6543-5449, Taylor, Christopher Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9146-9167 and Henley, Andrew 2015. Trends in the management of registered sexual offenders across England and Wales: a geographical approach to the study of sexual offending. Journal of Sexual Aggression 21 (1) , pp. 56-70. 10.1080/13552600.2014.949314

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Abstract

Social scientists, and geographers in particular, have long been interested in examining spatial patterns of offending in order to generate a “geography” of crime and criminality. This paper examines what value, if any, a geographical approach to the study of sexual offending might offer. Utilising published official data from England and Wales it presents for the first time geographical analyses of the registration, risk assessment and management of Registered Sexual Offenders (RSOs) across 42 Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangement (MAPPA) areas. In doing so it considers and evaluates the methodological issues pertaining to the use of such data and such a geographical approach. We conclude that geographical interpretations of both the incidence of RSOs and the rates of risk allocations between MAPPA areas provide valuable insights and raise new questions about the way in which RSOs are managed nationally and are thus worthy of further exploration.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISSN: 1355-2600
Last Modified: 28 Oct 2022 08:49
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/72280

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