Towards Safer Communities: A Desistance-Centred Approach to Managing People with Sexual Convictions

Kewley, S ORCID: 0000-0001-6841-5577 (2025) Towards Safer Communities: A Desistance-Centred Approach to Managing People with Sexual Convictions. NOTA Newsletter (99). pp. 11-12.

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Abstract

In recent years, the management of people with sexual convictions in the community has faced renewed scrutiny. The 2023 Independent Review into the Police-Led Management of Registered Sex Offenders (Creedon, 2023) challenged the status quo, calling for a move beyond containment strategies and towards approaches that support long-term behavioural change — in short, a shift towards desistance. This article introduces a new Desistance Practice Framework, developed in partnership with police professionals and people with sexual convictions. It provides a clear roadmap for how police can support desistance and strengthen public protection through relationship-based, person-centred policing.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Copyright NOTA 2025 Shared with permission
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Divisions:	Psychology (from Sep 2019)
Publisher:	NOTA
Date of acceptance:	30 May 2025
Date of first compliant Open Access:	6 October 2025
Date Deposited:	06 Oct 2025 15:53
Last Modified:	06 Oct 2025 16:00
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/27194

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