The sex offender housing dilemma : community activism, safety, and social justice /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Williams, Monica (Sociologist) (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New York University Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Sex offenders > Housing > California. Sex offenders > Legal status, laws, etc. > California. Sex offenders > Rehabilitation > California. Community activists > California. Sex offenders > Housing > United States. Sex offenders > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States. Sex offenders > Rehabilitation > United States. Community activists > United States. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

The production of siting conflicts over SVP placements
Political mobilization in countrified suburbia
Litigating in a rural outpost
Politics, litigation, and disorganization in an urban city
The local context of community opposition to SVP placements
Solving the sex offender housing dilemma
Acknowledgments
Appendix: selecting cases, gaining access, and collecting data in three communities.