Are the mentally retarded and learning disordered overrepresented among sex offenders and paraphilics?

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 401-415

  Langevin, Ron ^a,b   Curnoe, Suzanne ^a  

^a Juniper Associates   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Learning disorder; Mental retardation; Pedophile; Sex offender; Sexual aggressive

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; PRISON; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPHILIAS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 45749103664     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X07305826     Document Type: Article

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