Is sexually abusive behaviour in personality disordered inpatients analogous to sexual offences committed prior to hospitalization?

Journal of Sexual Aggression

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-133

  Daffern, Michael ^a   Howells, Kevin ^b   Stacey, Jacqueline ^c   Hogue, Todd ^d   Mooney, Paul ^b  

^a VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Peaks Academic and Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospital; Offence Paralleling Behaviour; Risk; Sexual offending

Indexed keywords

EID: 71549172458     PISSN: 13552600     EISSN: 17426545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552600802267080     Document Type: Article

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