Non-sexual delinquency in juvenile sexual offenders: The mediating and moderating influences of emotional empathy

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-54

  Hunter, John A ^a   Figueredo, Aurelio Jose ^b   Becker, Judith V ^b   Malamuth, Neil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Juvenile; Offender; Sexual

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846632241     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-006-9056-9     Document Type: Article

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