Vetting sexual offenders: State over-extension, the punishment deficit and the failure to manage risk

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-48

  McAlinden, Anne Marie ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Precautionary logic; Regulation; Risk; Sex offenders; Vetting

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950541336     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: 14617390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0964663909346197     Document Type: Article

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