Evaluating awareness of registered sex offenders in the neighborhood

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 414-435

  Craun, Sarah W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Megan's Law; Sex offender policy; Sex offender registration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952946395     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128708317457     Document Type: Article

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