A comparative longitudinal analysis of recidivism trajectories and collateral consequences for sex and non-sex offenders released since the implementation of sex offender registration and community notification

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 356-364

  Jennings, Wesley G ^a   Zgoba, Kristen M ^b   Tewksbury, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Research and Evaluation Unit   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collateral consequences; Sex offender registration and community notification; Sex offenders; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

EID: 85064027827     PISSN: 0735648X     EISSN: 21589119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.2012.662062     Document Type: Article

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