Trait empathy and criminal versatility in sexual offenders

Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-60

  Smallbone, Stephen W ^a   Wheaton, Julia ^a   Hourigan, Donna ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Criminal versatility; Empathy; Sexual offenders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHARACTER STATE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; EMPATHY; FANTASY; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT EXPLOSIVE DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; RAPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUAL CRIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRIME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRIME; EMPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 0037672754     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107906320301500104     Document Type: Article

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