Sexual offenders – measuring reconviction, reoffending and recidivism
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The relationship between sexual reconviction and the actual level of offence-related sexual behaviour was assessed using a sample of sexual offenders in England and Wales. Official reconviction rates (i.e., Government crime statistics) were calculated using data from the Offenders Index (OI) and the Police National Computer (PNC). These were compared to unofficial rates of offence-related sexual behaviour for the same period (i.e. data collected for research purposes). The relationship between the different outcomes was investigated.
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