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Lisa L. Sample
Researcher at University of Nebraska Omaha
Publications - 36
Citations - 1260
Lisa L. Sample is an academic researcher from University of Nebraska Omaha. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sex offender & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 33 publications receiving 1187 citations. Previous affiliations of Lisa L. Sample include University of Missouri–St. Louis.
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Are sex offenders dangerous
Lisa L. Sample,Timothy M. Bray +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors employ analysis of variance techniques on Illinois arrest data from 1990 to 1997 to examine the degree to which sex offenders have higher proportions of repeat offending than other criminal categories and if some offense types serve as "gateway" or predicate offenses to sex crimes.
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Sex Offender Laws: Legislators' Accounts of the Need for Policy
TL;DR: For instance, this article found that policy makers had very distinct ideas about the nature of the sex offender problem in terms of who was responsible, who was in need of protection, and the degree to which legislative responses would address the issue.
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Are Sex Offenders Different? An Examination of Rearrest Patterns
Lisa L. Sample,Timothy M. Bray +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the assumption of homogeneity underlying sex offender laws and review it in light of current empirical evidence and offer a case study of recidivism rates for sex offenders in Illinois.
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Public Awareness and Action Resulting From Sex Offender Community Notification Laws
Amy L. Anderson,Lisa L. Sample +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, survey responses from a representative sample of Nebraska residents were used to examine the degree to which people access registration information, the feelings this information invokes, and if preventative measures are subsequently taken by citizens.
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Disparity based on sex: Is gender-specific treatment warranted?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present empirical findings that juvenile justice cases are "gendered" but that court treatment of those cases shows more gender similarities than differences, and interviews with officials suggest large gender gaps in opportunities for services, and indicate some gender biases.