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Policing Sexual Offences and Sex Offenders

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Terry Thomas

    1. Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society (PSRCS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Terry Thomas
    Pages 1-3

  3. Policing Sexual Offences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Reporting and Recording Sexual Offences

      • Terry Thomas
      Pages 7-28

    3. The Police Investigation of Reports

      • Terry Thomas
      Pages 29-41

    4. Police Investigation of Reports: The National Level

      • Terry Thomas
      Pages 43-55

  4. Policing Sex Offenders

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 56-56
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    2. International Policing

      • Terry Thomas
      Pages 57-70

    3. The Police Management of Sexual Offenders

      • Terry Thomas
      Pages 73-88

    4. The Police Collection and Dissemination of Information on Sexual Offenders

      • Terry Thomas
      Pages 89-101

    5. Conclusions

      • Terry Thomas
      Pages 103-108

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 109-116
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About this book

Sexual offending has become a mainstay item of reporting in our daily newspapers, and television news bulletins. This book offers an account of the policing of sexual offences and the difficulties that confront the police in the investigation of these intrusive crimes. It surveys the breath of sexual offences and examines the reporting of sexual crime and the attrition level that follows. It proceeds by critically assessing the efforts the police are making to overcome these difficulties and the degree to which they are making progress.


The book outlines the relatively new police role of policing the convicted sex offenders themselves, who are living in the community and are subject to risk 'management' by the police and the requirements of the sex offender register held by the police. Written by a leading expert, this timely book will be of great interest to scholars of sexual offending and criminal justice.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom

    Terry Thomas

About the author

Terry Thomas is Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice Studies at Leeds Beckett University, UK. He has taught on criminology courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. He is the author of Criminal Records: A Database for the Criminal Justice System and Beyond (2007) and The Registration and Monitoring of Sex Offenders: A Comparative Study (2011).

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