Juvenile offenders and sex offender registries: Examining the data behind the debate

Federal Probation

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 45-49

  Craun, Sarah W ^a   Kernsmith, Poco D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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