The function of sexual fantasies for sexual offenders: A preliminary model

Behaviour Change

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 44-60

  Gee, Dion ^a   Ward, Tony ^a   Eccleston, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FANTASY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MODEL; OFFENDER; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; THINKING;

EID: 0141957054     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/bech.20.1.44.24846     Document Type: Article

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