"ephebophilic" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1980 Sexual Abuse of Children: Selected Readings page 30 (in chapter 7: \"The Nature and Treatment of Male Sex Offenders\" by Ronald M. Costell, M.D.)",
          "text": "Hebephilic offenders (those who prefer adolescent girls) and ephebophilic offenders (those with a homosexual preference for adolescent boys) exhibit characteristics which parallel those of the pedophile."
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          "ref": "1987, Working with Violent Families: A Guide for Clinical and Legal Practitioners, page 187",
          "text": "It is difficult to categorize juveniles who commit sex crimes against other children. Within this group there are hebephilic offenders who prefer adolescent females, ephebophilic offenders with a homosexual preference, and still others who appears generally pedophilic (Costell, 1980, p. 30).",
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          "ref": "1989 at Risk: The Other Side of Child Sexual Abuse - Page 61",
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        "Pertaining to ephebophilia or an ephebophile (a preference or preferrer of adolescent boys)"
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          "word": "ephebic"
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          "word": "hebephilic"
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