Name: Understanding and Working With People Who Commit Sexual Offences
Start: 2026-05-20T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-05-20T16:30:00+01:00
Location: Stirling Court Hotel

Understanding and Working With People Who Commit Sexual Offences

This one‑day workshop offers an overview of current research and best‑practice approaches to working with people who commit sexual offences.
About this Event

The workshop will cover: the nature and prevalence of sexual offending; theoretical models which can inform practice (including aetiological and typological models); the relationship between sexual offending and mental health conditions; recidivism, risk factors, protective factors, and risk instruments; practical assessment issues; treatment (both psychological and pharmacological); management; prevention; and important subgroups (e.g., online sexual offending, women who sexually offend, young people who sexually offend). The aim is to equip practitioners with some of the fundamental knowledge required to practice effectively with this population.

🎯 Who should attend?

The day will be suitable for a wide range of professionals who work with or want to develop their skills in relation to people who sexually offend, including those who work in forensic or general mental health services, criminal justice services, law enforcement, child and family services, legal settings or other support/intervention services particularly for people who commit offences or at risk of offending.

🌍 Course Facilitator – Prof. Rajan Darjee

We are delighted to welcome Prof. Rajan Darjee, Clinical Director (Psychiatry), Forensic Behavioural Assessment and Consultation Services (FBACS); Adjunct Professor, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science (CFBS), Swinburne University of Technology, who is visiting from Australia.

He has extensive experience working in forensic settings in the Scotland and Australia, including in secure hospitals and prisons. But his primary area of experience and interest is community forensic mental health, which has been his main area of work for over 15 years. He has considerable experience and expertise in working with people with mental illnesses, personality disorders and paraphilic disorders who have committed, or pose a risk of, violent and sexual offending, in criminal justice, law enforcement and mental health contexts. He also works as an expert report writer and witness, primarily in criminal cases, across Australia. He has authored over 100 publications in the field of forensic mental health, including co-editing the Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Homicide Studies, and co-authoring Version 2 of the Risk for Sexual Violence Protocol (RSVP-V2).