The exclusion-inclusion spectrum in state and community response to sex offenders in Anglo-American and European jurisdictions

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 499-519

  Petrunik, Michael ^a   Deutschmann, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Criminal justice policy; Sex offenders

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COMMUNITY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; EUROPE; HUMAN; LAW; POLICY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PUBLICATION; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIETY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

EUROPE; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 50249168889     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X07308108     Document Type: Review

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