The effects of failure to register on sex offender recidivism

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 520-536

  Duwe, Grant ^a   Donnay, William ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Failure to register; Prison; Propensity score matching; Recidivism; Sex offender

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950316930     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854810364106     Document Type: Article

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