Knowledge and Opinion of Sex Offenders and Sex Offender Policy: Do Sources of Information Matter?
Journal: Open PRAIRIE (South Dakota State University)
Year: 2010

Although several studies have examined knowledge and opinion of sex offenders and sex offender policy, none have focused specifically on how different sources of information may influence knowledge and opinion. This study attempts to fill that void by identifying whether a relationship exists between these elements, and, if so, what the nature of that relationship looks like using a social constructionist framework to describe the construction of sex offenders as a social problem. Major theoreti