Table 1

Sexual Recidivism Markers

Item NumberRisk FactorCodesScore
Sexual deviance
    1Prior 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 offense1
2 = two prior sex offenses2
3 = three or more sex offenses2
    2Unrelated victim-any (all sex offense information, charged/uncharged before 1989/90)No = 0)0
Yes = 11
    3Stranger victim-any (all sex offense information charged/uncharged before 1989/90)No = 00
Yes = 11
    4Multiple 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 = 00
Yes = 11
    5Number of total victims ≥3 (charged and uncharged; information before 1989/90 release)No = 00
Yes = 11
    6Meets minimal time range criteria A for DSM-IV paraphilia before 1989/90 release (at least six months of deviant sexual behavior)No = 00
Yes = 11
Criminality
    7Number of prison terms (before 1989/90 release)Low = 1; score, 00
Moderate = 2–3; score, 11
High ≥ 4; score, 22
    8More than one parole violation (before 1989/90 releaseNo = 00
Yes = 11
    9Juvenile delinquencyNo = 00
Yes = 11
Aggression
    10Aggression toward victims (before 1989/90 release); beating, maiming, strangulation, and/or stabbingNo = 00
Yes = 11