Testing an etiological model for male juvenile sexual offending against females

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 33-55

  Knight, Raymond A ^a   Sims Knight, Judith E ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Causal analysis; Child abuse; Juvenile sexual offenders; Path analysis; Psychopathy; Rape; Sex offenders; Sexual coercion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; JUVENILE SEX OFFENDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOPATHY; RAPE; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COERCION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84917107371     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v13n03_03     Document Type: Review

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