Implementing the adam walsh act's sex offender registration and notification provisions: A survey of the states

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-222

  Harris, Andrew J ^a   Lobanov Rostovsky, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b The Department of Public Safety   (United States)

Author keywords

Sex offender policy; Sex offender registration and notification; Sex offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952312962     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: 15523586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403409346118     Document Type: Article

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