"Sexting" and Sex Offender Registration: Do Age, Gender, and Sexual Orientation Matter?

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-52

  Comartin, Erin ^a   Kernsmith, Roger ^b   Kernsmith, Poco ^c  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84868531473     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2012.707534     Document Type: Article

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