Online solicitation offenders are different from child pornography offenders and lower risk contact sexual offenders

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 320-330

  Seto, Michael C ^a   Wood, J Michael ^b   Babchishin, Kelly M ^c   Flynn, Sheri ^b  

^a ROYAL OTTAWA HEALTH CARE GROUP   (Canada)

^b Department of Correction ^*  (United States)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

child pornography; Internet offending; risk factors; sexual offending; solicitation offenders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED STATES;

ARKANSAS; EROTICA; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 84871899355     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0093925     Document Type: Article

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