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Direct linkWiersma, Beth A.; Siedschlaw, Kurt D. – College Student Journal, 2016
Beginning with the passage of The Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act in 1994 and Megan's Law in 1996, the federal government and states have passed numerous pieces of legislation to control and restrict those convicted of sex offenses. This study surveyed the attitudes of undergraduate students…
Descriptors: Violence, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Crime Prevention
Laughon, Kathryn; Glass, Nancy; Worrell, Claude – Evaluation Review, 2009
Nonlethal strangulation of intimate partners has substantial direct health effects and is associated with an increased risk of later lethal violence by a partner or ex-intimate partner but can be difficult to prosecute under felony assault statutes. After review of state laws regarding assault, the authors identified 10 states with specific…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Crime, State Legislation, Criminal Law
