Vulnerable Victims, Monstrous Offenders, And Unmanageable Risk: Explaining Public Opinion On The Social Control Of Sex Crime

Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 729-759

  Pickett, Justin T ^a   Mancini, Christina ^b   Mears, Daniel P ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Public opinion; Punishment; Rehabilitation; Sex crime; Sexual offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881584298     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1745-9125.12018     Document Type: Article

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