Providing the full text of this important new Act plus explanatory annotation, this new work will be invaluable for criminal practitioners, police forces, social services professionals and others seeking to understand the Act's impact. * Includes the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in full together with section-by-section annotation to provide clear explanation of how the Act works in practice and what its requirements are * Enables practitioners to see the scope and impact of this widely anticipated and far-reaching statute which radically overhauls the law on sexual offences and introduces a total of 57 new offences * Highly portable - ideal for use in court.