Behavioral discriminators of sexual sadism and paraphilia nonconsent in a sample of civilly committed sexual offenders

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-227

  Richards, Henry ^a   Jackson, Rebecca L ^b  

^a Private Practice   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

nonconsent; paraphilia NOS; sex offender civil commitment; sexual sadism; sexually violent predators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SADISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION;

COERCION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; PARAPHILIAS; PRISONERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SADISM; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79953660668     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X10377073     Document Type: Article

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