Diagnosing and litigating hebephilia in sexually violent predator civil commitment proceedings

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 496-505

  Fabian, John Matthew ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NOMENCLATURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARAPHILIAS; SEX OFFENSES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84856842690     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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