Psychosocial profile of Swiss sexual offenders

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 755-759

  Curtin, François ^a   Niveau, Gérard ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Expert's report; Forensic psychiatry; Forensic science; Personality disorder; Psychiatric diagnosis; Sex offender; Socioeconomic level

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CRIMINOLOGY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031901392     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14302j     Document Type: Article

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