Diagnosing sexual sadism in sexual offenders: Reliability across diagnosticians

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 668-677

  Marshall, W L ^a   Kennedy, Pamela ^a   Yates, Pamela ^b   Serran, Geris ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Queen's University ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RELIABILITY; SADISM; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; VIOLENCE;

HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SADISM; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 0036893965     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X02238161     Document Type: Article

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