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Relatives of Registered Sex Offenders: Considering the Costs of Providing Family Support

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Although it is widely recognized that many convicted criminal offenders and former prisoners experience considerable setbacks in communities after convictions and incarcerations that make their lives more arduous.

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    David Patrick Connor

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Connor, D.P. (2019). Relatives of Registered Sex Offenders: Considering the Costs of Providing Family Support. In: Hutton, M., Moran, D. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Prison and the Family . Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12744-2_10

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