Female adolescent sex offenders—an exploratory study

Journal of Sexual Aggression

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-41

  Hendriks, J ^a,b   Bijleveld, C C J H ^c,d  

^a De Waag Ambulant Center for Forensic Psychiatry   (New Zealand)

^b FORA Ctr Ambulant Youth C Leiden   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescent female sex offenders; Explorative study; Girl offenders; Juvenile sex offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993938835     PISSN: 13552600     EISSN: 17426545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552600600568937     Document Type: Article

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