Adult Attachment and Sexual Offender Status

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 150-159

  Lyn, Tamara S ^a,b,c,d   Burton, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b United States Penitentiary   (United States)

^c FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS   (United States)

^d Federal Bureau of Prisons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OFFENDER; SEXUAL CRIME; THEORY; VICTIM;

EID: 2042451635     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.74.2.150     Document Type: Article

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