Childhood sexual experience and adult offending: An exploratory comparison of three criminal groups

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-132

  Connolly, Marie ^a,b   Woollons, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Ministry of Social Development   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Childhood sexuality; Sex offending; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 42349093710     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.1019     Document Type: Article

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