The Depravity Standard Items Under Study
| Item | Aspect of the Crime Reflected |
|---|---|
| Intent to traumatize the victim emotionally, maximizing terror, through humiliation, or to create an indelible emotional memory of the event | Intent |
| Intent to maximize damage or destruction, by numbers or amount if more than one person is victimized, or by suffering and degree if only one person is victimized | Intent |
| Intent to cause permanent physical disfigurement | Intent |
| Intent to carry out a crime for the excitement of the criminal act | Intent |
| Committing a crime to gain social acceptance or attention, or to show off | Intent |
| Choices for carrying out the illegal act were available that did not involve depravity | Intent |
| Carrying out a crime to terrorize others | Intent |
| Intentionally targeting victims based on prejudice | Victimology |
| Targeting victims who are not merely physically vulnerable, but helpless | Victimology |
| Exploiting a close and trusting relationship with the victim | Victimology |
| Excessive response to trivial irritant; actions clearly disproportionate to the perceived provocation | Actions |
| Escalating the depravity; inspiration for more | Actions |
| Carrying out an attack in unnecessarily close proximity to the victim | Actions |
| Indulgence of actions inconsistent with the social context | Actions |
| Unusual quality of suffering of the victim; victim demonstrated panic, terror, and helplessness | Actions |
| Prolonging the duration of a victim's physical suffering | Actions |
| Unrelenting physical and emotional attack; amount of attacking | Actions |
| Exceptional degree of physical harm; amount of damage | Actions |
| Influencing criminality in others to avoid prosecution or penalty | Actions |
| Influencing depravity in others to destroy more | Actions |
| Falsely implicating others, knowingly exposing them to wrongful penalty and the stress of prosecution | Attitudes |
| Disregarding the known consequences to the victim | Attitudes |
| Experiencing pleasure in response to the criminal actions and their impact | Attitudes |
| Projecting responsibility onto the victim; feeling entitlement to carry out the action | Attitudes |
| Disrespect for the victim after the fact | Attitudes |
| Indifference to the actions and their impact | Attitudes |