The influence of sex offender registration on juvenile sexual recidivism

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 136-153

  Letourneau, Elizabeth J ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Dipankar ^b   Sinha, Debajyoti ^c   Armstrong, Kevin S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile sexual offender; Recidivism; Registration

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549118830     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: 15523586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403408327917     Document Type: Article

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