Do Sex Offender Registration and Notification Laws Affect Criminal Behavior?

Sex offenders have become the targets of some of the most far-reaching and novel crime legislation in the U.S. Two key innovations in recent decades have been registration and notification laws which, respectively, require that convicted sex offenders provide valid contact information to law enforce...

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VerfasserInnen: Prescott, James J. (Verfasst von) ; Rockoff, Jonah E. (Verfasst von)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2011
In:Jahr: 2011
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