Somatic and mental symptoms of male sex offenders: A comparison among offenders, victims, and their families

Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 103-114

  Miccio Fonseca, L C ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Mental symptoms; Neuropsychological; Paraphilia; Paraphilic disorder; Sex disorder; Sex offenders; Somatic symptoms; Victims

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847412340     PISSN: 08907064     EISSN: 15408698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J056v13n03_08     Document Type: Article

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