A look in the mirror: Sexual abuse professionals' perceptions about sex offenders

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-57

  Fortney, Timothy ^a   Baker, Juanita N ^a   Levenson, Jill ^b  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LYNN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Megan's law; Perceptions; Sex offender; Sexual abuse; Therapist

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149512565     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564880802561754     Document Type: Article

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