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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press,
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 410 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781420043099 1420043099 1281940550 9781281940551 9781466521858 1466521856 9780429248146 0429248148 |