UK and Spanish stranger sexual offenders crime scene behaviours and previous convictions: A cross-cultural comparison

Almond, Louise, Rainbow, Lee, Romero, Manuel Ramos, Giles, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3435-3010, McManus, Michelle and Nikolajeva, Anastasia (2023) UK and Spanish stranger sexual offenders crime scene behaviours and previous convictions: A cross-cultural comparison. JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND OFFENDER PROFILING, 20 (2). pp. 151-161.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jip.1610

Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>International comparisons of previous convictions (PC) and crime scene behaviours (CSB) of stranger sexual offences can inform offender profiling strategies; especially the degree to which pragmatic models cross validate across countries. The present study compared PC and CSB of 474 UK and 418 Spanish cases. CSB and PC were analysed using Chi‐square. UK stranger sexual offenders displayed a higher proportion of all CSB analysed. UK offenders also had a significantly higher proportion of PC with the exception of violence offences. There were no significant differences in sexual pre‐convictions. In both the UK and Spain the CSB ‘reference to the police’ was significantly association with the PC ‘Criminal damage’ no other similar significant associations were found. Explanations for these findings include differences between the countries in regards to: legislation, crime recording processes, data coding processes, with additional consideration of any cultural, environmental and contextual factors.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	crime scene behaviour, offender profiling, previous convictions, sexual offender
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Population Health
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	02 Dec 2022 14:09
Last Modified:	21 Aug 2023 03:07
DOI:	10.1002/jip.1610
Open Access URL:	https://doi.org/10.1002/jip.1610
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3166491