Our minds are made up-don't confuse us with the facts: Commentary on policies concerning children with sexual behavior problems and juvenile sex offenders

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 110-121

  Chaffin, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile sex offenders; Policy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41849127857     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559508314510     Document Type: Article

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