Elderly sex offenders against children: A descriptive study of child sex abusers over the age of 65

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 357-369

  Clark, Chris ^a   Mezey, Gillian ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abusers; Elderly; Paedophiles; Perpetrators; Perversions; Sex offenders

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; RISK; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL STATUS; VICTIM;

EID: 0030876493     PISSN: 09585184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585189708412017     Document Type: Article

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