Evidence and policy networks: The UK debate about sex offender community notification

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-207

  Jung, Tobias ^a   Nutley, Sandra M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Criminal justice; Evidence use; Evidence based policy making; Policy networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 45449118736     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426408784614644     Document Type: Article

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