BME sex offenders in prison: the problem of participation in offending behaviour groupwork programmes: a tripartite model of understanding

Description

This paper addresses the under representation of Black and minority ethnic (BME) sex
offenders in the sex offender treatment programme (SOTP) of the prisons of England and
Wales. The proportional over representation of BME men in the male sex offender
population of the prisons of England and Wales has been noted for at least ten years.
Similarly the under representation of BME sex offenders in prison treatment programmes
has been a cause for concern during the last decade. This paper presents current
demographic data relating to male BME sex offenders in the prisons of England and
Wales. The paper draws together a wide range of social and cultural theories to develop a
tripartite model for understanding the dynamics underlying the non-participation of BME

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1. Cowburn M, Lavis V and Walker T (2008) BME sex offenders in prison: the problem of participation in offending behaviour groupwork programmes: a tripartite model of understanding. British Journal of Community Justice. 6(1): 19-34.
2. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/2550

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Black

Ethnic Minority

Sex offenders

Offending Behaviour Programmes

Prisons

England

Wales

Demographic data

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/2550
Date	16 April 2008
Creators	Cowburn, I. Malcolm, Lavis, Victoria J., Walker, Tammi
Source Sets	Bradford Scholars
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Article, Publisher version
Rights	© 2008 Community Justice Portal. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
Relation	http://www.cjp.org.uk/publications/bjcj/volume-6-issue-1/