Sex offender registries as a tool for public safety: Views from registered offenders

Western Criminology Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Tewksbury, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community corrections; Sex offender registries; Sex offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748873690     PISSN: 10964886     EISSN: 10964886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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