The impact of community notification laws on sex offender treatment attitudes

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-219

  Elbogen, Eric B ^a,b   Patry, Marc ^a   Scalora, Mario J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LAW; MOTIVATION; OFFENDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL CRIME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEBRASKA; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 0037363290     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2527(03)00016-5     Document Type: Article

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