Sex offender community notification and community stratification

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 469-495

  Hughes, Lorine A ^a,b   Kadleck, Colleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b 310 NE Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Community notification; Neighborhoods; Sex offender; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549108503     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820701710941     Document Type: Article

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