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Author: Claire Hargreaves and Brian Francis, Lancaster UniversityPublished by: Journal of Criminal Justice, June 2013
SUMMARY
This research aimed to find out whether juvenile sex offenders are more likely to go on to commit another sex offence than those who have not been previously convicted, and how the risks compare over time. It aimed to find out whether there comes a point where the risk of reoffending becomes so low that an offender theoretically poses no more of a risk to the public than the general population. It also examined whether there were differences between juvenile sex offenders, violent offenders and burglars in terms of their risk of going on to commit a sex offence.
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