@article{ref1,
title="Sex Offenders: Specialists, Generalists--or Both?",
journal="British journal of criminology",
year="2000",
author="Soothill, K. and Francis, Brian and Sanderson, B and Ackerley, Eizabeth",
volume="40",
number="1",
pages="56-67",
abstract="Sexual offending is on the political agenda but there has been little research focus on the four offence categories--indecent assault against a female, indecent assault against a male, indecency between males and unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 16--which together comprise the vast majority of convictions for sexual offences in England and Wales. We consider the criminal record (1963-94 inclusive) of the 6,097 males convicted of one of these offences in 1973. The results are discussed in terms of criminality, heterogeneity, dangerousness and specialization. By recognizing two levels of analysis--general crime level and sex crime level--we argue that sex offenders can be both generalists and specialists; they may range widely across a spectrum of offences but still specialize within sexual offending.<p />",
language="",
issn="0007-0955",
doi="10.1093/bjc/40.1.56",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/40.1.56"
}