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Using Tax Parcels to Select a Location-Based Sample: An Illustration That Examines Residents' Awareness of Sex Offenders in Neighborhoods

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Social science research is increasingly considering place when examining social programs and policies with a spatial component. A specific research challenge involving spatial policies is how to select a sample of individuals based on their geographic locations. This article illustrates the use of geographic information systems, tax parcels, and mail surveys to target residents in varied geographic areas. A provided example demonstrates how researchers obtained a sample of respondents living within one tenth of a mile of multiple registered sex offenders. The challenges of using tax parcels to obtain addresses for apartments and mobile home parks are also explored

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Evaluation Review

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California : Sage Publications., 2008

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English

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0193-841X

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Vol. 32, No. 4, August 2008. Page 315-334

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sex offenders
Social Policy
Spatial Sample
GIS
Tax Parcels
Using Tax Parcels to Select a Location-Based

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