Offender and victim characteristics of registered female sexual offenders in Texas: A proposed typology of female sexual offenders

Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-137

  Vandiver, Donna M ^a   Kercher, Glen ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Female sexual offenders; Hierarchical loglinear modeling; Offender typology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OFFENDER; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

EID: 3543096880     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SEBU.0000023061.77061.17     Document Type: Article

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