Family size, birth order, and parental age among male paraphilics and sex offenders

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 599-609

  Langevin, Ron ^a,b   Langevin, Mara ^a   Curnoe, Suzanne ^a  

^a Juniper Associates   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth order; Family size; Paraphilia; Parents' age; Sex offender

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT MOTHER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPARA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN DISEASE; PARENTAL AGE; RISK; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34547094545     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9110-y     Document Type: Article

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