Sex offender community notification and its impact on neighborhood life

Crime Prevention and Community Safety

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 41-61

  Zevitz, Richard G ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community notification; neighborhood safety; preventative behavior; sex offenders; sexual victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548229720     PISSN: 14603780     EISSN: 17434629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.cpcs.8140161     Document Type: Article

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