Isolation, gratification, justification: Offenders' explanations of child molesting

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 695-705

  Lawson, Louanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MORALITY; OFFENDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT PLANNING; VICTIM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PEDOPHILIA; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; THINKING;

EID: 0242551858     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840305328     Document Type: Review

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