Socially desirable responding and offence characteristics among rapists

Violence and Victims

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-270

  Kroner, Daryl G ^a   Weekes, John R ^b  

^a Millhaven Institution   (Canada)

^b Strategic Planning Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; RAPE; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; VICTIM;

EID: 0030438647     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.11.3.263     Document Type: Article

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