Widening the net: The effects of transitioning to the Adam Walsh act's federally mandated sex offender classification system

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 503-519

  Harris, Andrew J ^a   Lobanov Rostovsky, Christopher ^b   Levenson, Jill S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b The Department of Public Safety   (United States)

^c LYNN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adam Walsh Act; Sex offender registration and notification; Sex offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950304585     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854810363889     Document Type: Article

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