Eleanor Laws's name appears first on the earlier edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1: Indictments -- 2: Rape -- 3: Sexual Assualts -- 4: Offences Involving Children -- 5: Buggery and Offences of Indecency -- 6: Familial Offences -- 7: Offences Involving the Mentally Disordered -- 8: Prostitution and Trafficking -- 9: Obscene Publications -- 10: Offences Against Public Decency -- 11: Preparatory Offences -- 12: Sentencing -- Appendix 1: Special Measures -- Appendix 2: Notification Requirements -- Appendix 3: Publicity -- Appendix 4: Specified Sexual Offences -- Appendix 5: Sexual Offences Prevention Orders -- Appendix 6: Sexual Offences Act 2003: CPS Legal Guidance -- Appendix 7: Sexual Offences Committed Outside the Jurisdiction -- Appendix 8: Sentencing Guidelines Council - Sexual Offences Act 2003 Definitive Guidelines -- Appendix 9: Practice Directions (extracts)

An easy to follow guide and referencer which contains all the technical information needed in sexual offences cases. The law in this area has expanded greatly in recent decades; many 'historic' cases are currently tried under the law existing at the time the offence was committed (and, if the abuse was lengthy, this will often straddle several pieces of legislation). Current editions of legal textbooks do not include the old laws that these historic cases fall under, so practitioners have to resort to a mix of old editions and new. This book sets out the correct indictments and sentencing provi.