Sexual offending is a public health problem: Are we doing enough?

Sexual Deviance: Issues and Controversies

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 297-316

  Laws, D Richard ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b South Island Consulting   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0012218337     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781483328751.n17     Document Type: Chapter

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