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The Public Policy Implications of “Hebephilia”: A Response to Blanchard et al. (2008)

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Franklin, K. The Public Policy Implications of “Hebephilia”: A Response to Blanchard et al. (2008). Arch Sex Behav 38, 319–320 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-008-9425-y

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