Cognition in rapists: Theoretical patterns by typological breakdown

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 499-518

  Langton, Calvin M ^a,c   Marshall, W L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognition; Rapists; Typological breakdown

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANGRY RAPIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONSADISTIC SEXUAL RAPIST; OPPORTUNISTIC RAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPIST; REVIEW; SADISM; SADISTIC SEXUAL RAPIST; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; TAXONOMY; VINDICTIVE RAPIST;

EID: 4744342744     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-1789(00)00029-X     Document Type: Review

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