Ray Wyre

Ray Wyre
Born	Hampshire
Occupation	Criminologist
Known for	Pioneer in the treatment of sex offenders

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.

A second edition of Wyre's 1995 book about Robert Black was posthumously published in 2018. Wyre's co-author on the first edition, Tim Tate, worked with Wyre's widow, Charmaine Richardson, to update the book.

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, with Anthony Swift, Hodder & Stoughton, 1990.
• Murder Squad, with Tim Tate, Methuen, 1992.
• The Murder Of Childhood: Inside The Mind Of One Of Britain's Most Notorious Child Murderers, with Tim Tate, Penguin, 1995.
• The Murder Of Childhood: Inside The Mind Of One Of Britain’s Most Notorious Child Murderers (2nd edition), with Tim Tate and Charmaine Richardson, Waterside Press, 2018.