Dissimulation in phallometric testing of rapists' sexual preferences

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-232

  Harris, Grant T ^a   Rice, Marnie E ^a   Chaplin, Terry C ^a   Quinsey, Vernon L ^b  

^a Mental Health Centre   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Faking; Phallometric assessment; Rape; Sex offenders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; OFFENDER; RAPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RAPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMANTICS; SEX; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032968224     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018732225435     Document Type: Article

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