1st Edition

Sexual Offending by Strangers

By Paul V. Greenall Copyright 2025
226 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

226 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

226 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Exploring a specific type of sexual violence committed by a specific type of sexual offender, namely adult male on adult female stranger sexual violence, this book provides readers with an enhanced understanding of both the offences being committed and the offenders who commit them. Although acts of serious stranger sexual violence are rare, they are important as they occur in the context of... Read more

1           Introduction                                                                                                                             

 Part 1: Key Concepts

2           Stranger Violence                                                                                                                  

3           A Geographical Perspective                                                                                                

4           The classification of Sexual Violence                                                                               

5           The Psychology of the Offender                                                                                        

6           The Sexually Deviant Offender                                                                                          

 Part 2: Stranger Sexual Violence

7           Acquisitive Stranger Sexual violence: Sexual Burglaries and other thefts                   

8           Non-contact Stranger Sexual Violence: Exhibitionism and Voyeurism                                       

9           Contact Stranger Sexual Violence: Rape and other Sexual Assaults                             

10         Stranger Sexual Femicide: The Sexual Killing of Women by Male Strangers                           

 Part 3: Application to Criminal Justice Practice

11       Forensic case formulation: The key to understanding and intervening                       

12       Index offence analysis: A guide for criminal justice practitioners                               

 Part 4: Conclusion

13       Bringing it all together                                                                                                          

Biography

Paul V. Greenall, PhD, has spent most of his working life in secure hospitals. He started at Ashworth Hospital, near Liverpool, as an administrator before becoming a research psychologist there. He then worked in Forensic/Clinical practice within the secure units of Prestwich Hospital in Manchester. Dr Greenall is presently a principal forensic psychologist (HCPC registered) working within the mental health in-reach teams of several male prisons in the northwest of England. In all these roles, Dr Greenall has interviewed, researched, assessed, and worked clinically with a range of mentally disordered offenders, and from this he developed a particular interest in the assessment and formulation of sexual violence. Dr Greenall has also held academic posts at universities in Liverpool and Manchester and has lectured on Forensic Psychology to undergraduates and postgraduates. He is presently a senior lecturer in Forensic Psychology at Edge Hill University, a fellow of the High Education Academy, and a visiting fellow at the University of Huddersfield.