Violence and Sexuality: Three Types of Defendants

Violence and Sexuality: Three Types of Defendants

This article is an empirical profile of defendants charged with acts of violence alone, such as assault; violence and sexuality, such as rape; and purely sexual, such as exposure. The three groups are compared along four types of variables: background, medical and mental health history, psychiatric,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Criminal justice and behavior 1980-09, Vol.7 (3), p.243-255
Hauptverfasser: Vera, Hernan, Barnard, George W., Holtzer, Charles W., Vera, Maria I.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This article is an empirical profile of defendants charged with acts of violence alone, such as assault; violence and sexuality, such as rape; and purely sexual, such as exposure. The three groups are compared along four types of variables: background, medical and mental health history, psychiatric, and some derived from the circumstance of the criminal event.
ISSN:0093-8548
1552-3594
DOI:10.1177/009385488000700301