Sex Offending & Redidivism

SEX OFFENDING AND RECIDIVISM

by Roderic G Broadhurst and Ross A Maller

CONTENTS

1. Introduction
   1. Comparative Extent of Sex Crime
   2. The Feminist Critique and Rape
2. Incidence
   1. Incidence of Sex Offending
      • Victim surveys
      • Reporting sex offence
   2. Police Records
      • Estimates
      • Trends - real increases?
      • Re-defining sexual crime: impact upon offence rates
      • Recording sex crimes
3. Victim Characteristics and Type of Victimisation
4. The Offender - 'Specialist' or 'Generalist'
   1. Self-Report Studies
   2. Previous Studies of Sex Offender Recidivism
      • Recidivism Base Rates
      • Medical Treatment and the Recidivism of Sex Offender
5. The Present Study of Incarcerated Offenders
   1. Attrition
   2. The Study Population and Aboriginality
   3. Characteristics of the Prisoners
   4. Rape Offenders
6. Statistical Analysis
   1. Results of Failure Rate Analysis
      • Return for any Offence
      • Return for an Offence of Violence
7. Policy and Research Implications
   1. Law Reform and Causes of Sex Offending
   2. Findings
   3. Research Implications
   4. Policy Implications
   5. Prevention and Incapacitation
8. Conclusions and Possible Solutions
9. Appendix I - Supplementary Data on Victim Reports to WA Police 1984-89
   Appendix II - Recidivism of Other Sex Offenders
   Appendix III - Covariate Analysis of Censored Data

Published February 1991
Price AUD $16.50 (incl gst) *** Currently out of print ***
ISBN 0-86422-118-5

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