The use of pornography during the commission of sexual offenses

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 572-586

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

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Juniper Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

Female sex offender; Incest offenders; Internet; Pedophiles; Pornography; Sex offense; Sexual aggressives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EXHIBITIONISM; FEMALE; FEMALE OFFENDER; HUMAN; INCEST; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OFFENDER; PEDOPHILIA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PUBLICATION; SATISFACTION; SELF STIMULATION; SEXUAL CRIME; VICTIM; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EROTICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 4644286855     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X03262518     Document Type: Article

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