Evaluation Review

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click Here for More Information

Click here for more information

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (OnlineFirst[PDF])
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
0193841X08316110v1
32/4/315    most recent
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Craun, S. W.
Right arrow Articles by Freisthler, B.
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Craun, S. W.
Right arrow Articles by Freisthler, B.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
First published on March 17, 2008, doi:10.1177/0193841X08316110

Evaluation Review 2008;32:315.

A more recent version of this article appeared on August 1, 2008
 © 2008 SAGE Publications

Article

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

Sarah W. Craun* and Bridget Freisthler

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: scraun{at}utk.edu.


  Abstract
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.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?