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• Language, through the expression of values and various forms of knowledge, creates different ways of understanding sex crimes and the people who commit them.

• The value base of the book and how language is to be used throughout the book was clarified.

• News media create distorted and inaccurate understandings of sex offenders (folk devils); social work knowledge extends beyond media representations.

• Denial of the nature and extent of sex crimes is to be found at individual worker, individual offender and societal levels.

• Working with sex offenders affects workers emotionally, physically and psychologically. Potentially, it can affect workers’ personal and professional relationships. Awareness of these impacts is a key component in developing strategies for effective work with sex offenders.

• White constructs of black and Asian sex offenders potentially create racial folk devils. Racial folk devils potentially prevent (white) social workers from engaging constructively with BME communities.

• BME offenders’, victims’ and communities’ engagement with processes of criminal justice appears to be minimal.

• Social work engagement with BME offenders, victims and communities is complex. There are cultural inhibitors that may make it difficult for some social workers to engage with their own ethnic community. Sensitive engagement with the nuances of these issues is essential.