Moral development of solo juvenile sex offenders

Journal of Sexual Aggression

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-109

  Van Vugt, Eveline ^a   Jan Stams, Geert ^a   Dekovic, Maja ^b   Brugman, Daan ^b   Rutten, Esther ^a   Hendriks, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Center for Forensic Psychiatry   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive distortions; Empathy; Moral judgement; Moral orientation; Solo juvenile sex offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950690796     PISSN: 13552600     EISSN: 17426545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552600802248106     Document Type: Article

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