Sexual abuse history among adult sex offenders and non-sex offenders: A meta-analysis

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 179-192

  Jespersen, Ashley F ^a   Lalumière, Martin L ^a   Seto, Michael C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neglect; Physical abuse; Sex offenders; Sexual abuse; Sexual development; Sexual offending

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD NEGLECT; HUMAN; PEDOPHILIA; PUBLISHING; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 63149134280     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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