The influence of sex offender registration and notification laws on fostering collective identity among offenders

A collective identity has been ascribed to sex offenders by law, in which everyone on the registry are presumed to be dangerous, at equal risk for reoffending, and deserve extra scrutiny and prohibitions beyond what other types of convicted offenders experience. As a result, sex offenders often expe...

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Authors: Ten Bensel, Tusty (Author) ; Sample, Lisa L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2017]
In: Journal of crime and justice
Year: 2017, Volume: 40, Issue: 4, Pages: 497-511
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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