Comparison of sexual offenders against children with sexual offenders against adolescents and adults: Data from the New York State Sex Offender Registry

Journal of Psychiatric Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 373-384

  Cohen, Lisa J ^a,d   Frenda, Steven ^b   Mojtabai, Ramin ^a   Katsavdakis, Kostas ^c   Galynker, Igor ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Preventive Medicine Research Institute   (United States)

^c Center for Forensic and Clinical Psychology   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Pedophilia; Sex offender; Sex Offender Registry; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; PEDOPHILIA; RAPE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 36348997091     PISSN: 15274160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pra.0000300123.83945.76     Document Type: Article

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