Sexually motivated child abduction murders: Synthesis of the literature and case illustration

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-75

  Heide, Kathleen M ^a   Beauregard, Eric ^b   Myers, Wade C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abduction; Child molester; Investigation; Sex offenders; Sexual murder

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149479800     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564880802561770     Document Type: Review

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