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MURDERERS AND SERIOUS SEXUAL OFFENDERS – A BRIEF DESCRIPTION Figure 4: Number of previous convictions for the 1,057 SSA offenders Number of offenders 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 Number of previous convictions The type of offence that these offenders had been convicted of prior to their conviction for SSA is summarised in Table 2. Table 2: Types of offence in the previous convictions of SSA offenders (a) % of SSA offenders with previous convictions for: No. of SSA offenders with All SSA Only those previous convictions for: offenders with prior (n=1,057) (b) convictions (n=678) Violence against the person 338 32.0 49.9 Sexual offences (c) 49 4.6 7.2 Burglary 360 34.1 53.1 Robbery 118 11.2 17.4 Theft and handling stolen goods 495 46.8 73.0 Fraud and forgery 163 15.4 24.0 Criminal damage 197 18.6 29.1 Drug offences 46 4.4 6.8 (a) An offender may have previous offences of more than one type, so may appear in the figures for more than one row. (b) Including those convicted SSA offenders with no prior convictions. (c) The target offences were taken to be the first serious sexual offence (whether rape or serious indecent assault of a female). These offences are therefore ‘less-serious’ sexual offences. 12
MURDERERS AND SERIOUS SEXUAL OFFENDERS – A BRIEF DESCRIPTION Close to half of those convicted of a first time SSA and with any prior conviction had a prior violence conviction (49.9%). In contrast, just over seven per cent of those with any prior convictions had a conviction for a less serious sexual offence. There was little evidence of specialisation within the sample as a whole, with theft and robbery also appearing frequently in the prior criminal history of these offenders. Again, it is important to remember that it is only when comparing the previous offences of those convicted of SSA with those of criminals who have not been convicted of SSA that it is possible to say something about the significance of these offences in their criminal history. Types of murder case The HI was used to provide information on the relationship between the offender and the principal victim. Table 3 summarises how the victim-suspect relationship variables on the HI were reclassified for this study. Looking at the offender-victim relationship, the largest sub-group was where the murder was of an acquaintance (218 or 38.3%), although a substantial number had murdered a family member (119 or 20.9%). In 39.7 per cent of cases the main victim was a stranger to the offender. In most of the stranger cases, the victim was male (the main victim was a female stranger in only 31 or 5.4% of cases) 8 . Six murders were excluded either because there was insufficient information on the HI, or the murderer had not been satisfactorily matched. These relationship types are considered separately in Chapter 4. 13 8 In terms of the sex of the victim, the main victim (there may have been more than one victim) was male in the majority of cases (71.9%).
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