Citizen Coping with Community Notification of Released Sex Offenders

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-252

  Caputo, Alicia A ^a,b   Brodsky, Stanley L ^b  

^a University of Alabama ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRIME; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LAW; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL CRIME; THEORY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALABAMA; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; PRISONERS; PUBLIC OPINION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 1942531299     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.566     Document Type: Article

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