Emotional loneliness in sexual murderers: A qualitative analysis

Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 285-296

  Milsom, Jacci ^a   Beech, Anthony R ^b   Webster, Stephen D ^b  

^a National Probation Service   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional loneliness; Grounded theory; Sexual murderers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LONELINESS; MALE; PRISONER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; BEHAVIOR; HOMICIDE; LITERATURE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; RAPE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TIME; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ANECDOTES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; RAPE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 1542543974     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025095927047     Document Type: Article

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