Sexual fantasy in paedophile offenders: Can any model explain satisfactorily new findings from a study of Internet and contact sexual offenders?

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 137-158

  Sheldon, Kerry ^a   Howitt, Dennis ^b  

^a RAMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASTURBATION; OFFENDER; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSE VARIABLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; VICTIM;

EID: 39749197378     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532506X173045     Document Type: Article

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