Modus operandi of sexual offenders working or doing voluntary work with children and adolescents

Journal of Sexual Aggression

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-195

  Leclerc, Benoit ^a   Proulx, Jean ^a   McKibben, André ^a  

^a Institut Philippe Pinel de Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child molesters; Criminal behaviour; Modus operandi; Offending process; Sexual offending; Situational crime prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947373838     PISSN: 13552600     EISSN: 17426545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552600412331321314     Document Type: Article

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