The developmental antecedents of sexual coercion against women: Testing alternative hypotheses with structural equation modeling

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 989, Issue , 2003, Pages 72-85

  Knight, Raymond A ^a   Sims Knight, Judith E ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult sexual offender; Antisocial behavior; Juvenile sexual offender; Physical abuse; Sexual abuse; Sexual aggression; Sexual coercion

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

EID: 0037899265     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07294.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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