Women don't do such things! characteristics of female sex offenders and offender types

Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-156

  Wijkman, Miriam ^a   Bijleveld, Catrien ^a   Hendriks, Jan ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Female sex offenders; Multiple correspondence analysis; Replication; Typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952310107     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1079063210363826     Document Type: Article

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