1st Edition
The Sex Offender Register Politics, Policy and Public Opinion
1. Introduction
2. The Origins of the UK register
3. The Sex Offenders Act 1997
4. The First Five Years (1997-2002)
5. The Sexual Offences Act 2003
6. 2003-2010
7. The Years 2010-2020
8. Life on the Register
9. The Management of Information held on the Register
10. The Registration of Children and Young People who Commit Sexual Offences
11. The ‘Travelling Sex Offender’
12. Coming off the Register
13. The register in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and other British Overseas Territories
14. Conclusions
References and Bibliography
Index
Biography
Terry Thomas is Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice Studies at Leeds Beckett University. He is the author of Sex Crime: Sex Offending and Society (2016 3rd edn), Policing Sexual Offences and Sex Offenders (2016) and Privacy and Criminal Justice (co-author with Daniel Marshall 2017).
Daniel J. Marshall is a Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice at Liverpool John Moores University. His research interests are in the fields of youth justice, criminal justice, privacy and enterprise education.
"This is an essential book for anyone seeking to understand the Sex Offender Register in the UK. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the development of the ‘register’ by examining the socio-historical context within which it emerged and developed. The impact of the register, how it is implemented and monitored are also examined in-depth, providing readers with a thorough understanding of the operationalisation of the register nationally. This unique book is ideal for students, practitioners, policy makers and academics in search of a one-stop source on sex offender management in the UK."
-Prof. Sarah Kingston, Professor of Criminal Justice and Policing, Co-Director of the Criminal Justice Partnership, University of Central Lancashire
"This book is the most comprehensive of its kind. Whether you’re an academic or practitioner, if you want to know anything about the Sex Offender Register and if it succeeds in its aim to protect the public then this is the book for you."
– Caro Gorden, Senior lecturer, Criminology and Criminal Justice Programme Leader for MA Criminology and Criminal Justice, Wrexham Glyndwr University
