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Mydlowski, L, Turner-moore, R and Kewley, S (2024) Registered sex offenders’ experiences of homevisits in England & Wales: are the police expected to integrate “risk” with “desistance”. Journal of Criminal Psychology. ISSN 2009-3829
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Abstract
Purpose In England and Wales, adult male registered sex offenders (RSOs) are risk assessed and managed using a tool known as the Active Risk Management System (ARMS); a risk assessment designed specifically for police management of RSOs and carried out by a specialist group of police officers known as Management of Violent or Sexual Offenders (MOSOVO) at the RSO’s home, known as ‘the home visit’. The purpose of this paper is to explore RSOs views of the home visit and risk assessment and to make recommendations to MOSOVO as to improve future home visit and risk assessment practice. Methodology This study aimed to examine a sample of adult male RSOs’ views of the risk assessment and home visit process. Three police forces in England and Wales agreed to facilitate sampling of 10 RSOs who varied in their level of risk - namely, low, medium, high and very high. Findings Three themes were developed from the analysis: Anxiety and shame; Perceptions of the first home visit; and The property search and observations. We discuss these experiences in light of the growing call for MOSOVOs to both manage risk and assist desistance and present recommendations for improving both the home visit and risk assessment practice. Originality To the authors knowledge, this is the first study to understand and explore RSOs views of the home visit and risk assessment process.
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1602 Criminology; 1701 Psychology; 1899 Other Law and Legal Studies |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > HV7231 Criminal Justice Administrations > HV7551 Police. Detectives. Constabulary H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > HV697 Protection, assistance and relief |
| Divisions: | Psychology (from Sep 2019) |
| Publisher: | Emerald |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jul 2024 08:50 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Oct 2024 09:30 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1108/JCP-04-2024-0032 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/23796 |
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