“…In recent years, this view has been challenged by research which demonstrates that, on the whole, reoffending rates for sex offending are comparatively very low (Harris and Hanson, 2004;Lussier & Cale, 2013) and a single conviction for sexual offending very rarely predicts a lifetime of predatory behavior (Lussier et al, 2010;Hanson et al, 2014). Barnett et al (2010), for example, provide 'survival curves' for a large sample of individuals convicted of sex crimes for 'proven sexual reoffending' (defined as a conviction or caution for a further sexual offence) for each of the four risk levels predicted by the Risk Matrix 2000 assessment tool 5 .…”