Sex offenders and criminal recidivism: An exploratory trajectory analysis using a virginia sample

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-375

  Freiburger, Tina L ^a   Marcum, Catherine D ^b   Iannacchione, Brian M ^c   Higgins, George E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Recidivism; Sex offender registration; Sex offenders; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978974329     PISSN: 0735648X     EISSN: 21589119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.2012.662065     Document Type: Article

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