Psychiatric, demographic and personality characteristics of elderly sex offenders.

BACKGROUND: Psychiatric disorders are purported to play a role in the aetiology of violent crime, but evidence for their role in sexual offending is less clear. The authors investigated the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity and personality disorders in elderly incarcerated sex offenders compared w...

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Main Authors: Fazel, S, Hope, T, O'Donnell, I, Jacoby, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2002