Registered sex offenders’ experiences of home visits in England & Wales: are the police expected to integrate “risk” with “desistance”
Leona Mydlowski,
Rhys Turner-Moore,
Stephanie Kewley
Abstract:Purpose
In England and Wales, adult male registered sex offenders (RSOs) are risk assessed and managed using a tool known as the Active Risk Management System; a risk assessment designed specifically for police management of RSOs and carried out by a specialist group of police officers known as Management of Violent or Sexual Offenders (MOSOVO) at the RSO’s home, known as “the home visit”. The purpose of this paper is to explore RSOs views of the home visit and risk assessment and to make recommendations to MO… Show more
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