Sadistic Offender or Sexual Sadism? Taxometric Evidence for a Dimensional Structure of Sexual Sadism.
Severe sexual sadism is a disorder of sexual preferences that focuses on humiliation and domination of the victim, sometimes causing grievous injury or death. Because offenders with high levels of sadism represent a risk to both reoffend and cause considerable harm should they reoffend, a diagnosis...
| Publicado en: | Archives of Sexual Behavior Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 403 - 417 |
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Springer Nature
Feb2018
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