: Empirical Findings on the Preternatural: Sexually Violent and Predatory Sexually Violent Youth.

Applied are empirical findings from two major studies employing the ecologically framed risk assessment tool: ( 3901 [1979-2017] (Miccio-Fonseca 2017a, d) and ( 2717). Samples consisted of male, female, and transgender-female sexually abusive youth, ages 4-19, including youth with low intellectual functioning of borderline or low average. Findings further support a previously presented nomenclature identifying two subsets overlooked by most contemporary risk assessment tools: sexually violent and predatory sexually violent youth (Miccio-Fonseca and Rasmussen , 106-128, 2009, 2014). provided normative data, with cut-off scores (calibrated) according to age and gender, establishing four risk levels: and . The fourth risk level, sets apart from other risk assessment tools for sexually abusive youth, which are limited to three risk levels. risk level definitively identifies the most dangerous youth, thus empirically supporting the nomenclature of sexually violent and predatory sexually violent youth.