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paraphilias  

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  • Definition of Terms Sexually aberrant behaviors, otherwise known as paraphilias, are commonly associated with crimes that are sexual and violent in nature. There are hundreds of paraphilia or sexual deviations, and some are more common than are others. [Source: Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime; Paraphilia]

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