Sexual sadism, psychopathy, and recidivism in juvenile sexual murderers

Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-58

  Myers, Wade C ^a   Chan, Heng Choon ^b   Vo, Eleanor Justen ^c   Lazarou, Emily ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Juvenile; Psychopathy; Recidivism; Sex offender; Sexual homicide; Sexual sadism

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949135715     PISSN: 15444759     EISSN: 15444767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jip.113     Document Type: Article

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