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

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

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

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