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2014 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

6. State Registration of Sex Offenders: Public Notification, Web Mapping, and Spatial Issues

Authors : Mark R. Leipnik, Xinyue Ye

Published in: Forensic GIS

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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Abstract

State governments in the United States register sex offenders and provide to the public notification of the location, identifying information and criminal history of these registered sex offenders (RSOs). Four fifths of US states use web maps to achieve this goal. The design, content, and maintenance of these RSO web maps vary greatly. This chapter examines the history of registration of sex offenders, similarities and differences among RSO web maps and spatial issues related to them, as well as the use and misuse of these web maps.

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Metadata
Title
State Registration of Sex Offenders: Public Notification, Web Mapping, and Spatial Issues
Authors
Mark R. Leipnik
Xinyue Ye
Copyright Year
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Forensic GIS

Print ISBN: 978-94-017-8756-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-94-017-8757-4

Copyright Year: 2014

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8757-4_6

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