Effects of sex offender registration policies on juvenile justice decision making

Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-165

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

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile sexual offenses; Prosecution; Registration

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749103188     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1079063208328678     Document Type: Article

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