Sexual Offences and Offending

Sexual offences and offending is one of the most active areas of contemporary legal, social and policy discussion. This stream examines legal, social and policy responses to victim-survivors and offenders in the context of a wide range of sexual offences, behaviours and exploitation. 

 

The convenors welcome papers in a wide range of areas, including:

Child sexual offences; trafficking for sexual purposes; grooming; social media and sexual offending; sex workers and the law; police, court, prosecutorial and jury responses to sexual offences; law reform; extreme sexual imagery; education and prevention; social attitudes to sexual offences and offending; policy issues; restorative justice approaches; comparative analysis, offender treatment; the legal and criminal justice response to indecent images of children; defining sexual offences.

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Conveners

Phil Rumney (phil.rumney@uwe.ac.uk ) and Susan Leahy