Empathy and victim empathy

Sexual Deviance: Issues and Controversies

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 172-189

  Polaschek, Devon L L ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781483328751.n10     Document Type: Chapter

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