Sex offenders: Specialists, generalists - Or both? A 32-year criminological study

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 56-67

  Soothill, Keith ^a   Francis, Brian ^a   Sanderson, Barry ^a   Ackerley, Elizabeth ^a  

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EID: 0034406839     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/40.1.56     Document Type: Article

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