The big 5 dimensional personality approach to understanding sex offenders

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 243-261

  Dennison, Susan M ^a   Stough, Con ^a   Birgden, Astrid ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Sex Offender Programs   (Australia)

Author keywords

Big five; Personality; Sex offenders; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035739142     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160108401796     Document Type: Article

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