Clinical assessment of adult sexual offenders with learning disabilities

Journal of Sexual Aggression

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 277-288

  Tudway, Jeremy A ^a,b   Darmoody, Malcolm ^c  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b RAMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Llanarth Court Psychiatric Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arousal; Assessment; Learning disabilities; Sex offenders; Sexual preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951249800     PISSN: 13552600     EISSN: 17426545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552600500333796     Document Type: Article

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