Commentary: Hebephilia-A would-be paraphilia caught in the twilight zone between prepubescence and adulthood

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 506-510

  Prentky, Robert ^a   Barbaree, Howard ^b  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; VIOLENCE;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARAPHILIAS; SEX OFFENSES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84856861439     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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