Generational substance abuse among male sexual offenders and paraphilics

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 395-409

  Langevin, Ron ^a   Langevin, Mara ^b   Curnoe, Suzanne ^b   Bain, Jerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Juniper Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADHD; Learning disability; Mental retardation; Paraphilia; Sex offender; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649128764     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564880600934153     Document Type: Article

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