Sex offender laws: Legislators' accounts of the need for policy

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-62

  Sample, Lisa L ^a,b   Kadleck, Colleen ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime policy; Sex offender; Sex offender law

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049171174     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: 15523586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403407308292     Document Type: Article

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