Shame and Guilt in Child Molesters

Sexual Offender Treatment: Controversial Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 125-139

  Proeve, Michael ^a   Howells, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b RAMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Negative evaluation; Personal distress; Personal threat; Sexual offenders; Shame and guilt

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889301616     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713457.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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