Abstract
The Vandiver et al. (2011) study uses an interview-based approach to determine the effects that female sex offenders feel as a result of their placement on the sex offender registry. The article looks at women from Texas and Illinois, and accumulates information about judicial processing experiences and the effects of their placement on the registry. The Vandiver et al. (2011) study focuses specifically on the experiences of female sex offenders, which is quite different from many studies on the impacts of being placed on the registry, as most individuals who are placed on the registry are male. The purpose ...