Title: The need to debate the fate of sex offender community notification laws
Abstract: Criminology & Public PolicyVolume 10, Issue 2 p. 265-274 POLICY ESSAY The need to debate the fate of sex offender community notification laws Lisa L. Sample, Lisa L. Sample University of Nebraska at OmahaSearch for more papers by this author Lisa L. Sample, Lisa L. Sample University of Nebraska at OmahaSearch for more papers by this author First published: 03 April 2011 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9133.2011.00706.xCitations: 12 Additional Information The author wishes to thank Mary K. Evans and David Sample for their feedback and suggestions. Direct correspondence to Lisa L. Sample, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182 (e-mail: [email protected]). 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