The influence of sex offender registration and notification laws in the United States: A time-series analysis

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-192

  Vsquez, Bob Edward ^a   Maddan, Sean ^b   Walker, Jeffery T ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

ARIMA; Interrupted time series analysis; Sex offender registration and notification laws; Sex offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849136420     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128707311641     Document Type: Article

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