TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Police officers' perceptions of a sex offender registration scheme: identifying and responding to risk
JO  - Psychiatry, psychology and law
A1  - Masters, Kindalin Brooke
A1  - Kebbell, Mark Rhys
SP  - 396
EP  - 413
VL  - 26
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1321-8719
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2018.1506717
ID  - ref1
ER  -