What is the role of fantasy in sex offending?

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 182-188

  Howitt, Dennis ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FANTASY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MASTURBATION; ORGASM; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

FANTASY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 4744373359     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.585     Document Type: Conference Paper

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