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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

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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.

Acceptance Date Sep 9, 2014
Publication Date Sep 9, 2014
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal of Sexual Aggression
Print ISSN 1355-2600
Publisher Routledge
Pages 56 - 70
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2014.949314
Keywords sexual offending, MAPPA, public protection, crime geography, crime mapping

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