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Original Articles

The sexual lives of sexual offenders: the link between childhood sexual victimization and non-criminal sexual lifestyles between types of offenders

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Pages 37-60 | Received 07 Sep 2011, Accepted 17 Jul 2012, Published online: 05 Nov 2012

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