Examining the tensions between policing people convicted of sexual offending and promoting the desistance process

Kewley, S ORCID: 0000-0001-6841-5577 and Sarah, P (2026) Examining the tensions between policing people convicted of sexual offending and promoting the desistance process. In: Blagden, Nicolas and Winder, Belinder, (eds.) Sexual Crime and Community Reintegration. Sexual Crime . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 19-38. ISBN 978-3-032-06033-4

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Abstract

Professionals working with individuals convicted of sexual offending are committed to ensuring that further sexual offending does not occur. Underpinning Western criminal justice approaches to the prevention of sexual reoffending is the notion that people who commit crime must be both punished and controlled, while, at the same time, helped through reintegrative strategies to desist from further criminal activity. However, control and containment policies, while designed to protect the public, are likely to also result in unintended consequences for those convicted of sexual offending. Such consequences result in reinforced stigma, unemployment, social isolation, and insecure housing, all of which hinder the desistance process; and may inadvertently place people at risk of further offending.

Item Type:	Book Section
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 H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > HV7231 Criminal Justice Administrations > HV7551 Police. Detectives. Constabulary
Divisions:	Psychology (from Sep 2019)
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Date of acceptance:	17 November 2022
Date Deposited:	16 Feb 2023 11:39
Last Modified:	27 Mar 2026 09:55
DOI or ID number:	10.1007/978-3-032-06034-1_2
Editors:	Blagden, Nicolas and Winder, Belinder
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/18909

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