Affect, emotions and sex offending

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-195

  Howells, Kevin ^a   Day, Andrew ^a   Wright, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affect; Emotions; Sex Offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642550115     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160310001609988     Document Type: Article

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