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Sex offences against young girls: a long-term record study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

T. C. N. Gibbens ,
K. L. Soothill  and
C. K. Way
T. C. N. Gibbens*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
K. L. Soothill
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
C. K. Way
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
1Address for correspondence: Professor T. C. N. Gibbens, 31 College Road, London SE21 7BG
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Synopsis

There have been recent attempts to re-define those offenders who are sufficiently dangerous to justify a longer sentence for their current offence than is normally provided in law, but there is little information about the frequency with which serious sexual offenders are reconvicted. Follow-up studies of the re-conviction in the subsequent 24 years and 15 years of those found guilty of rape, incest, and unlawful sexual intercourse with girls under 13 in 1951 and 1961 have therefore been made. The present paper deals with those prosecuted for unlawful sexual intercourse with girls under 13. The results suggest that there is a low but more persistent tendency to re-conviction than is found in property offenders.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , May 1981 , pp. 351 - 357
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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