Perceptions and coping with punishment: How registered sex offenders respond to stress, internet restrictions, and the collateral consequences of registration

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 537-551

  Tewksbury, Richard ^a   Zgoba, Kristen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b New Jersey Department of Corrections Research and Evaluation Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; registry; sex offender; stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; REGISTER; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; PRISONERS; PUNISHMENT; REGISTRIES; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955128985     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X09339180     Document Type: Article

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