Mental health professionals' Perspectives on sex offender registry web sites

Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-63

  Malesky, Alvin ^a   Keim, Jeanmarie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

child; registry; sex offender; sexual abuse; world wide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993763126     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107906320101300106     Document Type: Article

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