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Isolation, Gratification, Justification: Offenders' Explanations of Child Molesting

Louanne Lawson The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Nursing, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Pages 695-705 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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