Toward a developmental taxonomy of adult sexual aggressors of women: Antisocial trajectories in youth, mating effort, and sexual criminal activity in adulthood

Violence and Victims

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-32

  Cale, Jesse ^a   Lussier, Patrick ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Antisocial sexuality; Developmental theory; Rape; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COURTSHIP; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFENDER; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COURTSHIP; CRIMINALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PRISONERS; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052078635     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.26.1.16     Document Type: Article

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