Home > Research > Publications & Outputs > Poisoned chalice or just deserts? (The Sex Offe...

Research

Links

Text available via DOI:

Keywords

View graph of relations

Poisoned chalice or just deserts? (The Sex Offenders Act 1997).

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Published

Standard

Poisoned chalice or just deserts? (The Sex Offenders Act 1997). / Soothill, Keith L.; Francis, Brian J.
In: Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, Vol. 9, No. 2, 09.1998, p. 281-293.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Harvard

Soothill, KL & Francis, BJ 1998, 'Poisoned chalice or just deserts? (The Sex Offenders Act 1997).', Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 281-293. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585189808402197

APA

Soothill, K. L., & Francis, B. J. (1998). Poisoned chalice or just deserts? (The Sex Offenders Act 1997). Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 9(2), 281-293. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585189808402197

Vancouver

Soothill KL, Francis BJ. Poisoned chalice or just deserts? (The Sex Offenders Act 1997). Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology. 1998 Sept;9(2):281-293. doi: 10.1080/09585189808402197

Author

Soothill, Keith L. ; Francis, Brian J. / Poisoned chalice or just deserts? (The Sex Offenders Act 1997). In: Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology. 1998 ; Vol. 9, No. 2. pp. 281-293.

Bibtex

@article{ad502317c0184ead88b8b4005725e817,
title = "Poisoned chalice or just deserts? (The Sex Offenders Act 1997).",
abstract = "Each decade seems to have a moral panic or concern about sexual offending. The headline CRACKDOWN ON SEX OFFENDERS UNVEILED (Guardian, 19 December 1996), announcing the Sex Offenders Bill, highlighted the recent enthusiasm to monitor the activities of sex offenders after caution or conviction. The Sex Offenders Act 1997 focuses on the requirement that certain ex-offenders notify the police of their names and addresses and any subsequent changes to these. This article considers some of the ethical issues (e.g. maintaining the balance of freedom and control), the policy context (e.g. is the registration scheme part of a wider movement?), and the practical issues (e.g. what is the size of the problem and how will the police deal with the issue?). The central question is whether the benefits on the containment of sex crime by control in this way over convicted sex offenders may, in fact, be illusory and the Act have been introduced simply to feed the political agenda of the law and order lobby.",
keywords = "ex-offenders, sex crime, registration, Sex Offenders Act",
author = "Soothill, {Keith L.} and Francis, {Brian J.}",
year = "1998",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1080/09585189808402197",
language = "English",
volume = "9",
pages = "281--293",
journal = "Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology",
issn = "1478-9949",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "2",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Poisoned chalice or just deserts? (The Sex Offenders Act 1997).

AU - Soothill, Keith L.

AU - Francis, Brian J.

PY - 1998/9

Y1 - 1998/9

N2 - Each decade seems to have a moral panic or concern about sexual offending. The headline CRACKDOWN ON SEX OFFENDERS UNVEILED (Guardian, 19 December 1996), announcing the Sex Offenders Bill, highlighted the recent enthusiasm to monitor the activities of sex offenders after caution or conviction. The Sex Offenders Act 1997 focuses on the requirement that certain ex-offenders notify the police of their names and addresses and any subsequent changes to these. This article considers some of the ethical issues (e.g. maintaining the balance of freedom and control), the policy context (e.g. is the registration scheme part of a wider movement?), and the practical issues (e.g. what is the size of the problem and how will the police deal with the issue?). The central question is whether the benefits on the containment of sex crime by control in this way over convicted sex offenders may, in fact, be illusory and the Act have been introduced simply to feed the political agenda of the law and order lobby.

AB - Each decade seems to have a moral panic or concern about sexual offending. The headline CRACKDOWN ON SEX OFFENDERS UNVEILED (Guardian, 19 December 1996), announcing the Sex Offenders Bill, highlighted the recent enthusiasm to monitor the activities of sex offenders after caution or conviction. The Sex Offenders Act 1997 focuses on the requirement that certain ex-offenders notify the police of their names and addresses and any subsequent changes to these. This article considers some of the ethical issues (e.g. maintaining the balance of freedom and control), the policy context (e.g. is the registration scheme part of a wider movement?), and the practical issues (e.g. what is the size of the problem and how will the police deal with the issue?). The central question is whether the benefits on the containment of sex crime by control in this way over convicted sex offenders may, in fact, be illusory and the Act have been introduced simply to feed the political agenda of the law and order lobby.

KW - ex-offenders

KW - sex crime

KW - registration

KW - Sex Offenders Act

U2 - 10.1080/09585189808402197

DO - 10.1080/09585189808402197

M3 - Journal article

VL - 9

SP - 281

EP - 293

JO - Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

JF - Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

SN - 1478-9949

IS - 2

ER -