Where registered sex offenders live: Community characteristics and proximity to possible victims

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-98

  Tewksbury, Richard ^a   Mustaine, Elizabeth Ehrhardt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Residential characteristics; Sex offender registries; Sex offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549179263     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564880701752371     Document Type: Article

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