Patterns of criminal achievement in sexual offending: Unravelling the "successful" sex offender

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 433-444

  Lussier, Patrick ^a,b   Bouchard, Martin ^a   Beauregard, Eric ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Centre for Research on Sexual Violence   (Canada)

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EID: 80053192482     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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