The mutuality of risk and community: The adjudication of community notification statutes

Economy and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 578-601

  Levi, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Common sense; Community; Crime prevention; Megan's law; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041037860     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085140050174796     Document Type: Article

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