Sadistic Sexual Aggressors

Sexual Offender Treatment: Controversial Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 61-77

  Proulx, Jean ^a,b   Blais, Etienne ^a   Beauregard, Éric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b University of Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

Literary works; Psychopathia sexualis; Sexual excitement; Sexual pleasure; Sexual sadism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889336458     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713457.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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