NCJ Number
176074
Date Published
1998
Length
959 pages
Annotation
This loose-leaf volume provides a detailed description and analysis of sex offender and community notification laws; it is intended as a comprehensive reference that provides both primary and secondary information and materials.
Abstract
The first part explains and offers guidance regarding the statutes, regulations, guidelines and cases. It reviews registration and communication statutes and procedures, reviews various legal challenges to the laws and procedures, provides an annotated listing of Federal and State cases relating to the topic, and outlines Federal and State laws. The second section sets forth Federal and State statutes, selected legislative histories and official guidelines, and resource materials. Tables, forms, checklists, annotated bibliographies and resource lists, table of cases, table of statutes, table of practice aids, and author and subject indexes