Sexual Recidivism Markers
Item Number | Risk Factor | Codes | Score |
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Sexual deviance | |||
1 | Prior sex offenses (before 1989/90 release; number of episodes of sex offending: arrest only, prison, jail, probation, parole violation, prison rules violation excluding consensual sex) | 1 = one prior sex offense | 1 |
2 = two prior sex offenses | 2 | ||
3 = three or more sex offenses | 2 | ||
2 | Unrelated victim-any (all sex offense information, charged/uncharged before 1989/90) | No = 0) | 0 |
Yes = 1 | 1 | ||
3 | Stranger victim-any (all sex offense information charged/uncharged before 1989/90) | No = 0 | 0 |
Yes = 1 | 1 | ||
4 | Multiple victim types (two or more victim types, e.g., child and adolescent, male and female, for any of the sex offenses, charged or uncharged before 1989/90 release) | No = 0 | 0 |
Yes = 1 | 1 | ||
5 | Number of total victims ≥3 (charged and uncharged; information before 1989/90 release) | No = 0 | 0 |
Yes = 1 | 1 | ||
6 | Meets minimal time range criteria A for DSM-IV paraphilia before 1989/90 release (at least six months of deviant sexual behavior) | No = 0 | 0 |
Yes = 1 | 1 | ||
Criminality | |||
7 | Number of prison terms (before 1989/90 release) | Low = 1; score, 0 | 0 |
Moderate = 2–3; score, 1 | 1 | ||
High ≥ 4; score, 2 | 2 | ||
8 | More than one parole violation (before 1989/90 release | No = 0 | 0 |
Yes = 1 | 1 | ||
9 | Juvenile delinquency | No = 0 | 0 |
Yes = 1 | 1 | ||
Aggression | |||
10 | Aggression toward victims (before 1989/90 release); beating, maiming, strangulation, and/or stabbing | No = 0 | 0 |
Yes = 1 | 1 |