Ability to empathise and masculinity levels: Comparing male adolescent sex offenders with a normative sample of non-offending adolescents

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-167

  Farr, Catherine ^a   Brown, Jennifer ^b   Beckett, Richard ^c  

^a BROADMOOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c Littlemore Mental Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent Sex Offenders; Empathy; Hypermasculinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642585913     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160310001597153     Document Type: Article

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