Paradigm shift: Implementing MEGA, a new tool proposed to define and assess sexually abusive dynamics in youth ages 19 and under

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-106

  Rasmussen, Lucinda A ^a   Miccio Fonseca, L C ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent sex offender; Empirically guided assessment; Neuropsychological; Predatory; Risk assessment; Sexual behavior problems; Sexually abusive behavior in children and adolescents; Typology

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PREDATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CONDUCT DISORDER; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33847411573     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v16n01_05     Document Type: Article

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