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CLINICAL RESEARCH IN TRAUMA AND ABUSE

Does Forced Sexual Contact Have Criminogenic Effects?

An Empirical Test of Derailment Theory

Pages 41-66 | Received 18 Mar 2002, Accepted 18 Nov 2002, Published online: 23 Sep 2008

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