Criminal Justice Institutional Referrals and Selections: A Comparative Portrait of Sexual Aggressions and Aggressors

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 330-346

  Guay, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Ouimet, Marc ^c   Proulx, Jean ^a,c  

^a Institut Philippe Pinel de Montreal   (Canada)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Classification; Criminal justice; Sentencing; Sex offenders

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MENTAL HOSPITAL; OFFENDER; PEDOPHILIA; POLICE; PRISON; RAPE; SEX; SEXUAL CRIME; VICTIM; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; CANADA; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 2442453453     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X04263867     Document Type: Article

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