View source for Ray Wyre

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Ray Wyre
| image         =
| alt           =
| caption       =
| birth_name    =
| birth_date    =  <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. -->
| birth_place   = Hampshire
| death_date    =  <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) -->
| death_place   =
| nationality   = British
| other_names   =
| occupation    = Criminologist
| years_active  =
| known_for     = Pioneer in the treatment of sex offenders
| notable_works =
}}
'''Ray Wyre''' (2 November 1951 – 20 June 2008) was a pioneer in the treatment of sex offenders.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/lastword_11july2008.shtml |title=Ray Wyre: Pioneer in the treatment of sex offenders who has died aged 56 |last=Wilson |first=John |date=11 July 2008 |department=Last Word |website=BBC Radio 4 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref>
Born in [[Hampshire]], 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]] and [[Robert Black (serial killer)|Robert Black]].<ref name="G o">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/aug/08/psychology.ukcrime |title=Ray Wyre: Trailblazing therapist with a unique approach to sex offenders |last=Marriot |first=Edward |date=8 August 2008 |website=The Guardian |access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref> He set up the first residential treatment centre for sex offenders, the Gracewell Clinic, in 1988 in [[Birmingham]].<ref name="G o"/><ref>[http://www.scotsman.com/news/sex-crime-expert-ray-wyre-dioes-aged-56-1-1434453 Sex crime expert Ray Wyre dies aged 56], scotsman.com; accessed 17 January 2016.</ref>
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.<ref name="G o"/>
==Bibliography==
* ''Women, Men & Rape'' (1990), with Anthony Swift<ref name="G o"/><ref>{{cite book |url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL10622324M/Women_Men_Rape |title=Women, Men & Rape |date=30 April 2008 |website=Open Library |publisher=Internet Archive |isbn=9780340529249 |ol=10622324M |access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref>
* ''The Murder of Childhood: Inside the Mind of One of Britain’s Most Notorious Child Murderers'' (2nd edition, 2018), with [[Tim Tate (author)|Tim Tate]]<ref name="G o"/><ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.watersidepress.co.uk/acatalog/The-Murder-of-Childhood-9781909976627.html#SID=34 |title=The Murder of Childhood: Inside the Mind of One of Britain's Most Notorious Child Murderers |date=17 October 2018 |isbn=9781909976627 |access-date=8 July 2021|last1=Wyre |first1=Ray |last2=Tate |first2=Tim |publisher=Waterside Press }}</ref>
==References==
<references/>
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wyre, Ray}}
[[Category:1951 births]]
[[Category:2008 deaths]]
[[Category:British criminologists]]
[[Category:English crime writers]]
[[Category:English non-fiction writers]]
[[Category:People from Hampshire]]
[[Category:Place of death missing]]
[[Category:English male non-fiction writers]]
[[Category:Probation and parole officers]]
[[Category:20th-century English male writers]]