Logan, Wayne A.,  1960- <br/><br/>
Knowledge as power  criminal registration and community notification laws in America /  [electronic resource] : 
Wayne A. Logan. 
 - Stanford, Calif. :  Stanford Law Books,  c2009. 
 - 1 online resource (xviii, 288 p.). 
 - Critical perspectives on crime and law .
 - Critical perspectives on crime and law. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Societies have long sought security by identifying potentially dangerous individuals in their midst. America is no exception. This book traces the evolution of a modern technique - criminal registration laws. Registration, which originated in the 1930s as a means of monitoring gangsters, went largely unused for decades before experiencing a dramatic resurgence in the 1990s. Since then it has been complemented by community notification laws, which, like the 'Wanted' posters of the Frontier West, publicly disclose registrants' identifying information, involving entire communities in the criminal monitoring process. 
<br/><br/> Specialized. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780804771399  No price 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Criminal records--United States.<br/>Law.<br/>United States of America, USA.<br/>Crime & criminology.<br/>Legal aspects of criminology.<br/>Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law.<br/>Criminal law: procedure & offences.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF9751  / .L645 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>345.73077