A structural examination of the predictors of sexual coercion against children in adolescent sexual offenders

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1313-1333

  Daversa, Maria T ^a   Knight, Raymond A ^b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent child molesters; Adolescent sexual coercion; Antipathy; Developmental antecedents; Emotional abuse; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748877197     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854807302411     Document Type: Article

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