The paraphilia-related disorders: An investigation of the relevance of the concept in sexual murderers

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 683-688

  Briken, Peer ^a   Habermann, Niels ^a   Kafka, Martin P ^b,c   Berner, Wolfgang ^a   Hill, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic psychiatry; Forensic science; Paraphilia; Paraphilia related disorders; Sexual homicide; Sexual offender

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPULSION; COMPULSIVE MASTURBATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTURBATION; PARAPHILIA RELATED DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMISCUITY; RECIDIVISM; RISK FACTOR; SADISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUAL IMPULSIVITY DISORDER; SEXUAL SADISM;

ALCOHOLISM; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTURBATION; PARAPHILIAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 33646727600     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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