Attraction to sexual violence towards women, sexual abuse of children, and non-sexual criminal behavior: Testing the specialist vs. generalist models in male college students

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 235-243

  Voller, Emily K ^a   Long, Patricia J ^b   Aosved, Allison C ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE   (United States)

^c Pacific Islands Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Criminality; Perpetration; Rape; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RAPE; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62149141668     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-008-9343-z     Document Type: Article

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