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Measuring public perceptions of sex offenders: reimagining the Community Attitudes Toward Sex Offenders (CATSO) scale

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Pages 452-470 | Received 07 Mar 2014, Accepted 13 Oct 2014, Published online: 23 Dec 2014

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