Nonsex Offences Committed by Child Molesters: Findings from a Longitudinal Study

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-39

  Parkinson, Patrick N ^a   Shrimpton, Sandra ^a   Oates, R Kim ^a   Swanston, Heather Y ^a   O'Toole, Brian I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child molestation; Criminal history; Pedophilia; Recidivism; Sex offenders

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DELINQUENCY; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OFFENDER; PEDOPHILIA; PRISON; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECIDIVISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIOLENCE; CRIME; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 0346458537     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X03257246     Document Type: Article

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