Ray Wyre (2 November 1951 – 20 June 2008) was a pioneer in the treatment of sex offenders. Born in

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

, his work as a probation officer in prisons brought him into contact with some of Britain's most dangerous violent and sexual offenders, including

Reggie Kray Ronald Kray (24 October 193317 March 1995) and Reginald Kray (24 October 19331 October 2000) were identical twin brothers, gangsters and convicted criminals. They were the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in the East End of London, Engl ...

and Robert Black. He set up the first residential treatment centre for sex offenders, the Gracewell Clinic, in 1988 in

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. Wyre had three children, all from his first marriage, which ended in divorce. He died of a stroke and was survived by his wife Charmaine and his children.

Bibliography

* ''Women, Men & Rape'' (1990), with Anthony Swift * ''The Murder of Childhood: Inside the Mind of One of Britain’s Most Notorious Child Murderers'' (2nd edition, 2018), with Tim Tate

References

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