‘Nobody worries about our children’: unseen impacts of sex offender registration on families with school-age children and implications for desistance

The current paper presents findings from a qualitative study using a web-based survey (n = 58) and open-ended interviews (n = 19) to investigate the impact of sex offender law and policies on family members of convicted sex offenders. Specifically, this paper discusses the impact sex offender polici...

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Main Author: Kilmer, Ashley (Author)
Contributors: Leon, Chrysanthi S.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Criminal justice studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 181-201
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