... requirements set out under the Sex Offenders Act 1997. By law, the following categories of individuals must register their details with the police: those convicted under the 2003 Sexual Offences Act, anyone who has served a custodial sentence of more than 12 months for a violent offence, and anyone not yet convicted but thought to be at risk of offending. The database holds such information as risk assessments, details of individuals' modus operandi and photographs, as well as names and addresses. The last category of people to be included in the ViSOR, 'anyone not yet convicted but thought to be at risk of offending', raises certain questions: who would assess the violent offenders in this proposed order? Would it be judged on previous convictions? Would it come down to media and public pressure? There are two different methods of appraising individuals: clinical and actuarial assessments. Actuarial assessments use formal ...

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