Victim to victimizer: The psychology of isomorphism in a case of a recidivist pedophile in Finland

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 97-115

  Haapasalo, Jaana ^a   Puupponen, Mervi ^a   Crittenden, Patricia M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b Family Relations Institute in Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Case study; Pedophilia; Sex offenders; Sexual abuse; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HUMAN; MALE; PEDOPHILIA; RECIDIVISM; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME;

EID: 0032986275     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v07n03_07     Document Type: Article

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