The genesis of pedophilia: Testing the “abuse-to-abuser” hypothesis

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 85-101

  Fedoroff, J Paul ^a   Pinkus, Shari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 6844238041     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v23n03_06     Document Type: Article

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