Sexual offending runs in families: A 37-year nationwide study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 713-720

  Långström, Niklas ^a,b   Babchishin, Kelly M ^c   Fazel, Seena ^d   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   Frisell, Thomas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Prison and Probation Administration   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime; Family relations; Rape; Sexual; Sexual abuse; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CRIME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FATHER; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SWEDE (PEOPLE); CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE;

SWEDEN;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FAMILY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; SEX OFFENSES; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84929482217     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv029     Document Type: Article

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