Sexual Offences and Offending
This stream is intended to examine the substantive law of sex offences, issues of enforcement and the development of legal and societal responses to sex offending. It will include papers on such issues as: the treatment and management of sex offenders, risk management, the rights of defendants, the protection of vulnerable or intimidated witnesses, measures to improve the conviction rate in cases involving sex offences, substantive legal reform, definitions of rape and consent, the education and training of criminal justice professionals, comparative perspectives, philosophical/theoretical perspectives.
Papers on any other area relating to sexual offences or offending are also welcome. I am happy to discuss any ideas for a paper prior to the submission of abstracts.
Phil Rumney
School of Law
University of the West of England
Frenchay Campus
Bristol
BS16 1QY
Tel: +44 (0)117 328 2326
E-mail:phil.rumney@uwe.ac.uk.