Myths and misconceptions about sex offenders

Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 263-276

  Fedoroff, J Paul ^a,c   Moran, Beverley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Whitby Mental Health Center   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Paraphilia; Sexual deviance; Sexual disorder

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

CHILD ABUSE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASTURBATION; OFFENDER; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0031405320     PISSN: 11884517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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