Sex Offender Community Notification
Experiences from America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13894344 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Terry Thomas (Community Care, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 217-228 |
| Publication date | 2003-06-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-5527 • E-ISSN: 1468-2311 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-2311.00279 |
| OpenAlex | W1964741939 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 2 |
The UK sex offender register is at present ‘closed’ to any general public right of access despite the demands of various constituencies to grant such access. In the USA, registers are open to the public. This article explores the US experiences of disseminating information on sex offenders that started in the mid‐1990s and seeks to draw lessons for the UK, on the practicalities that might ensue given a general right of access
Criminology · Political science · Public access · Public relations · Register (sociolinguistics · Sex offender · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Public Administration · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2013 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |