@article{ref1,
title="Police officers' perceptions of a sex offender registration scheme: identifying and responding to risk",
journal="Psychiatry, psychology and law",
year="2019",
author="Masters, Kindalin Brooke and Kebbell, Mark Rhys",
volume="26",
number="3",
pages="396-413",
abstract="This article reports on interviews with 17 participants responsible for managing sex offenders on a sex offender register scheme. Semi-structured interviews were conducted that covered the topics of the participants' policing experience and their thoughts on the register and risk assessment. Nine themes were identified as being particularly important: the purpose of the register; concerns about community perceptions; a lack of resources; recognition that risk assessment is essential but limited; a desire to tailor interventions to individual offenders; the need for more training despite staff competency; the inadequate sharing of information; concerns about how well the legislation captures the sex offending space; and confusion about how to interpret online offending. This research provides first-hand views on how the register can be improved and how police would like a register to look when executing the essential and challenging job of monitoring convicted sex offenders upon their release back into the community.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1321-8719",
doi="10.1080/13218719.2018.1506717",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2018.1506717"
}