UK and Spanish stranger sexual offenders crime scene behaviours and previous convictions: A cross‐cultural comparison

International comparisons of previous convictions (PC) and crime scene behaviours (CSB) stranger sexual offences can inform offender profiling strategies; especially the degree to which pragmatic models cross validate across countries. The present study compared PC CSB 474 UK 418 Spanish cases. were analysed using Chi-square. offenders displayed a higher proportion all analysed. also had significantly with exception violence offences. There no significant differences in pre-convictions. In both Spain ‘reference police’ was association ‘Criminal damage’ other similar associations found. Explanations for these findings include between countries regards to: legislation, recording processes, data coding additional consideration any cultural, environmental contextual factors.