Sex Offenders: Conceptualisation of the Issues, Services, Treatment and Management

Offenders with Developmental Disabilities

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 163-185

  Lindsay, William R ^a,b,c  

^a The State Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS TAYSIDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiological mechanisms; Intellectual disabilities; Lust without guilt; Prurient interest in sex offending; Researchers and clinicians

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948745031     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713440.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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