DOES A WATCHED POT BOIL?: A Time-Series Analysis of New York State's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Law

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 284-302

  Sandler, Jeffrey C ^a   Freeman, Naomi J ^a   Socia, Kelly M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

notification; public policy; registration; sex offender; time series analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249092051     PISSN: 10768971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013881     Document Type: Article

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