Sexual offenders’ explanations for their offending

Journal of Sexual Aggression

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-9

  Mann, Ruth E ^a   Hollin, Clive R ^b  

^a National Probation Service   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Explanations for offending; Sexual offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949089892     PISSN: 13552600     EISSN: 17426545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552600701365621     Document Type: Article

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