Female sex offenders: A controlled comparison of offender and victim/crime characteristics

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 367-376

  Johansson Love, Jill ^a   Fremouw, William ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female sex offenders; Sexual perpetrators

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650421554     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-009-9236-5     Document Type: Article

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