A brief history of behavioral and cognitive behavioral approaches to sexual offenders: Part 1. Early developments

Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 75-92

  Laws, D R ^a   Marshall, W L ^b  

^a South Island Consulting   (Canada)

^b Rockwood Psychological Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior therapy; Historical antecedents; Kinsey's sexology; Sex offender treatment; Watson's behaviorism

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; LEARNING; OFFENDER; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; EUROPE; HISTORY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PENIS; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES; VASCULARIZATION;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EUROPE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARAPHILIAS; PENIS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0043280897     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107906320301500201     Document Type: Review

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