Forensic and medico-legal aspects of sexual crimes and unusual sexual practices /

From sexual abuse and fetishism to necrophilia and sadomasochism, "Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crime and Unusual Sexual Practices" identifies fourteen classifications of sexual pathologies. The book presents detailed comparisons of legal and medical definitions, historical...

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Main Author: Aggrawal, Anil
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2009.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:From sexual abuse and fetishism to necrophilia and sadomasochism, "Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crime and Unusual Sexual Practices" identifies fourteen classifications of sexual pathologies. The book presents detailed comparisons of legal and medical definitions, historical aspects, current incidence, and geographical prevalence, as well as potential causes, etiological theories, and psychopathology. It examines various case studies in the context of international legislation. Highlighting the cross-cultural nature of the forensic aspects of human sexuality and joining the physical and psychological aspects of sexuality itself, this unique book also covers minor sexual offenses such as coprolalia and troilism
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxvii, 410 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781420043099
1420043099
1281940550
9781281940551
9781466521858
1466521856
9780429248146
0429248148