Assessing female sexual offenders' motivations and cognitions: An exploratory study

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 201-216

  Beech, Anthony R ^a   Parrett, Natalie ^a,b   Ward, Tony ^c   Fisher, Dawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Psychology Department   (United Kingdom)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cognitive distortions; Female sexual offenders; Implicit theories; Motivations

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749117583     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160802190921     Document Type: Article

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