Issues Concerning the Reliability and Validity of the Diagnosis of Sexual Sadism Applied in Prison Settings

Sexual Abuse : A Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 301-311

  Marshall, W L ^a   Kennedy, Pam ^a   Yates, Pamela ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Queen's University ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

diagnosis; forensics; prisons; psychiatric evaluations; sadism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRISON; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SADISM; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; STATISTICS;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CANADA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; PARAPHILIAS; PRISONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SADISM; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 0036780321     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107906320201400402     Document Type: Article

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