Are Sex Offenders Different? An Examination of Rearrest Patterns

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-102

  Sample, Lisa L ^a   Bray, Timothy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

community; notification; recidivism; registration; sex offender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992850890     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403405282916     Document Type: Article

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