Applying rapid serial visual presentation to adolescent sexual offenders: Attentional bias as a measure of deviant sexual interest?

Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-148

  Crooks, V L ^a   Rostill Brookes, H ^a   Beech, A R ^a   Bickley, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b North Warwickshire Youth Offending Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Assessment; Deviant sexual interest; Sexual offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749103988     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1079063208328677     Document Type: Article

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