Sexually Abusive Youth with Low Intellectual Functioning: Contemporary Risk Assessment Findings from MEGA ♪ Studies

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 1000-1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. C. Miccio-Fonseca ◽  
Lucinda A. Lee Rasmussen
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Intellectual Functioning ◽  
Sexually Abusive

scholarly journals Testing the validity of criminal risk assessment tools in sexually abusive youth.

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 1430-1443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steffen Barra ◽  
Cornelia Bessler ◽  
Markus A. Landolt ◽  
Marcel Aebi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Sexually Abusive ◽  
Risk Assessment Tools

How Pornography May Distort Risk Assessment of Children and Adolescents Who Sexually Harm

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 232-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Pratt ◽  
Cyra Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Causal Relationship ◽  
The Past ◽  
Length Of Treatment ◽  
Sexually Abusive ◽  
Pornography Consumption ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
Abusive Behaviour

Over the past three decades, an accepted “given” of adolescent sexually abusive behaviour assessment and treatment has been that the more serious the sexual acts committed, the more entrenched that adolescent's behaviours are likely to be, with a likely progression from minor assaults through to more serious, intrusive acts. We assume youth engaging in the sexually abusive behaviour may have become both desensitised to the harm they are causing, whilst needing to engage in more severe offences to gain the level of arousal originally achieved through lesser acts. This conceptualisation suggests a somewhat causal relationship between the duration of the sexually abusive behaviour; the severity of the behaviour and the length of treatment required to manage and treat the issue.Has pornography consumption potentially impacted the assessment and treatment of youth who sexually harm? Does a relationship exist between the severity and the entrenchment of the sexually assaultive acts committed, or has viewing pornography and re-enacting what has been viewed altered this relationship? This article explores a number of these themes and questions.

Comparing Predictive Validity of JSORRAT-II and MEGA♪ With Sexually Abusive Youth in Long-Term Residential Custody

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (10) ◽  
pp. 2937-2953 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucinda A. Lee Rasmussen
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Area Under The Curve ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Sexual Recidivism ◽  
Residential Treatment Facility ◽  
Sexually Abusive ◽  
Risk Assessment Tools ◽  
Representative Samples

This 6-year prospective study is the first to compare two psychometrically sound risk assessment tools for sexually abusive youth: JSORRAT-II and MEGA♪. Cross-validated on representative samples of over 500 youth, these measures have cutoff scores, allowing for a more exact assessment of risk. Study sample consisted of 129 male adjudicated adolescents housed in a secured residential treatment facility for sexually abusive youth. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis showed that MEGA♪ Risk Scale was mildly predictive of sexual recidivism over a 6-year period (mean follow-up = 15.6 months)—area under the curve (AUC) = .67; 95% confidence interval [CI] = [0.52, 0.82]; p < .015. JSORRAT-II was not predictive (AUC = .57; 95% CI = [0.42, 0.72]; p < .297). The study contributes to scant literature on the most contemporary, statistically robust risk assessment tools for sexually abusive youth.

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