Sex offender notification and protective behavior

Violence and Victims

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 289-302

  Beck, Victoria Simpson ^a   Travis III, Lawrence F ^b  

^a College of Mount St Joseph ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PROTECTION; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

EID: 10644292568     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vivi.19.3.289.65762     Document Type: Article

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