An assessment for attitudes consistent with sexual offending for use with offenders with intellectual disabilities

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-68

  Lindsay, William R ^a,b,c,d   Whitefleld, Elaine ^b,c   Carson, Derek ^c  

^a State Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS TAYSIDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d Clinical Psychology Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD ABUSE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EXHIBITIONISM; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; STALKING;

EID: 33846592321     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532505X85882     Document Type: Article

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