Birth Order, Birth Interval, and Deviant Sexual Preferences Among Sex Offenders

Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-81

  Côté, Karine ^a   Earls, Christopher M ^b   Lalumiere, Martin L ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

biastophilia; birth interval; birth order; deviant sexual preferences; immunoreactivity; pedophilia; sex offenders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIRTH INTERVALS; BIRTH ORDER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036365290     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107906320201400105     Document Type: Article

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