Contemporary Risk Assessment Tools: Should We Use Them for Sexually Abusive Children Ages 4 to 12 Years?

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L. C. Miccio-Fonseca
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[1] Clinic for the Sexualities,
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Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma | 2020年 / 13卷
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ACE study; Children with sexual behavior problems; Sexually abusive children; Sexually abusive youth; Recidivism; risk assessment;
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Empirical findings are reported on an age group of sexually abusive youth (4–12 years) not commonly studied. Findings are from major studies employing the ecologically framed MEGA♪ risk assessment tool: MEGA♪Combined Samples Studies (N = 3901 [1979–2017] (Miccio-Fonseca Journal of Child Sexual Abuse: Special Issue on Risk Assessment of Sexually Abusive Youth, 2018a, Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, 2018b) and MEGA♪Combined Cross Validation Studies (N = 2717). Samples consisted of male, female, and transgender-female, ages 4–19 with coarse sexual improprieties and/or sexually abusive youth, including youth with low intellectual functioning. Findings provided normative data, with cut-off scores according to age and gender, establishing four (calibrated) risk levels: Low, Moderate, High, and Very-High. The fourth risk level, Very-High Risk, sets MEGA♪ apart from other risk assessment tools by the ability to assess those few most seriously concerning and/or dangerous youth, whereas other risk tools (with three risk levels) do not make this differentiation.
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