Not in my neighborhood: Assessing registered sex offenders' experiences with local social capital and social control

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 356-374

  Burchfield, Keri B ^a,b   Mingus, William ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 908 Zulauf Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Communities; Reintegration; Sex offenders; Social capital; Social control

Indexed keywords

EID: 39349112946     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854807311375     Document Type: Article

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