An examination of the relationship between child sexual offending and psychopathy

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 49-66

  Rosenberg, Arthur David ^b   Abell, Steven C ^a   Mackie, Jean Kanitz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

^b University of Detroit Mercy ^*

Author keywords

Assessment; Child sexual abuse; Child sexual offender; Criminal behavior; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INCEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD WELFARE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INCEST; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RAPE; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27744498341     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v14n03_03     Document Type: Article

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