An evaluation of sex offender residency restriction functioning in town, county, and city-wide jurisdictions

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-61

  Chajewski, Michael ^a   Mercado, Cynthia Calkins ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Policy mapping; Residency restrictions; Sex offender legislation

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849120857     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: 15523586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403408320845     Document Type: Article

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