Differences and similarities between violent offenders and sex offenders

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 363-372

  Gudjonsson, Gisli H ^a   Sigurdsson, Jon F ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Prison and Probation Administration   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Confessions; Personality; Relationship with victim; Sex offenders

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRISON; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIALIZATION; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PRISONERS; SEX OFFENSES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0033962296     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(99)00150-7     Document Type: Article

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