Seeing things differently: The viewing time alternative to penile plethysmography

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-196

  Laws, D Richard ^a   Gress, Carmen L Z ^b  

^a Pac Psychol Assessment Corporation   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; PENIS; PENIS PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL CRIME; STIMULATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 4444298129     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/1355325041719338     Document Type: Review

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