How can we better understand the dynamic risk factors for sexual reoffending and how they evolve over time? Particularly those identified via the Active Risk Management System (ARMS).
Background
We want to build confidence and trust in a system that upholds public protection and creates the conditions for individual rehabilitation. We want to better support the probation service in using evidence-based decision-making.
Next steps
We can be contacted at the following email address: evidence_partnerships@justice.gov.uk.
Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Related UKRI funded projects
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Understanding desistance from sexual offending
There is a long tradition of research in criminology which examines why convicted offenders desist from further offending. However, to date research into desistance from crime has focused almost exclusively on the genera...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses specifically on understanding desistance from sexual offending, which aligns with the question's objective of understanding the dynamic risk factors for sexual reoffending and how they evolve over time.
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Investigating the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on stranger sex offender behaviour and victim vulnerability.
In times of crisis, we know that offenders continue to commit crimes, and do so in a manner afforded by the new context (Thornton & Voigt, 2012). Sexual offenders are versatile (Lovell et al., 2019), and change their...
Funded by: COVID
Why might this be relevant?
While the project investigates the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on stranger sex offender behavior and victim vulnerability, it does not directly address the question's objective of understanding the dynamic risk factors for sexual reoffending and how they evolve over time.
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What aspects of paedophilic sex offenders' neuropsychological profile differentiate them from other types of sex offender?
Sexual offending is a major problem with over 50,000 sexual crimes recorded in England and Wales in 2010-2011. Two thirds of these offences were committed against women while the other third involve offences against chil...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on differentiating aspects of the neuropsychological profile of paedophilic sex offenders, which is not directly relevant to the question's objective of understanding the dynamic risk factors for sexual reoffending and how they evolve over time.