TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Sex Offenders: Specialists, Generalists--or Both?
JO  - British journal of criminology
A1  - Soothill, K.
A1  - Francis, Brian
A1  - Sanderson, B
A1  - Ackerley, Eizabeth
SP  - 56
EP  - 67
VL  - 40
IS  - 1
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 0007-0955
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/40.1.56
ID  - ref1
ER  -