Registered sex offenders, residence, and the influence of race

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-82

  Mustaine, Elizabeth Ehrhardt ^a   Tewksbury, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Race; Residential location; Sex offenders; Social disorganization

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749125227     PISSN: 15377938     EISSN: 15377946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J222v06n01_05     Document Type: Article

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