Offender presence, available victims, social disorganization and sex offense rates

American Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Tewksbury, Richard ^a   Mustaine, Elizabeth Ehrhardt ^b   Covington, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child victims; Sex offenses; Social disorganization; Victims

Indexed keywords

EID: 77449128065     PISSN: 10662316     EISSN: 19361351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12103-010-9070-6     Document Type: Article

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