© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2008 Cat. No.: PS4-78/2009E-PDF ISBN: 978-1-100-13871-8 Coding Rules for Static-2002 Amy Phenix, Dennis Doren, Leslie Helmus, R. Karl Hanson, & David Thornton Send questions or scoring queries to R. Karl Hanson, Ph.D. Corrections Research Public Safety Canada 340 Laurier Ave., West Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0P8 613-991-2840 [email protected] Table of Contents Coding Rules for Static-2002 ................................................................................1 Target population...........................................................................................1 For Users Familiar with Static-99...................................................................2 Information Required to Score Static-2002....................................................4 Polygraph Information....................................................................................6 Missing Information........................................................................................7 Standards of Proof and Coding the Static-2002.............................................7 Scoring the Items..................................................................................................9 CATEGORY I: AGE ...........................................................................................11 1. Age at Release...........................................................................................11 CATEGORY II: PERSISTENCE OF SEXUAL OFFENDING .............................13 2. Prior Sentencing Occasions for Sexual Offences ..................................15 Definition: Sentencing Occasion..................................................................15 Determining Whether Something is a Sentencing Occasion .......................17 Definition: Index Sexual Offence..................................................................18 Special Coding Issues.....................................................................................18 Violation of Probation and Parole ................................................................19 Category “A” and Category “B” Offences.....................................................21 Definition: “Truly Imminent”..........................................................................23 Index Cluster................................................................................................24 When Conviction Date is Different from Sentencing Date ...........................25 Separating Index Clusters and Prior Offences.............................................26 Pseudo-recidivism .......................................................................................28 Post-Index Offences ....................................................................................29 Additional Coding Issues.................................................................................29 Adjudication Withheld ..................................................................................29 Appeal .........................................................................................................30 Child Protection Services.............................................................................30 Clergy ..........................................................................................................30 Conditional Discharges................................................................................30 Consent Decree...........................................................................................30 Court Supervision ........................................................................................31 Diversionary Adjudication ............................................................................31 Extension of Sentence by a Parole Board (or similar) .................................31 Failure to Appear .........................................................................................31 Failure to Register as a Sexual Offender.....................................................32 Juvenile Extension of Detention...................................................................32 Juvenile Offences ........................................................................................32 Mentally Disordered and Developmentally Delayed Offenders....................32 Military .........................................................................................................33 Not Criminally Responsible due to Mental Disorder.....................................33 Not Guilty.....................................................................................................33 Noxious Substance......................................................................................33 Official Cautions – United Kingdom .............................................................33 Pardons .......................................................................................................34 Peace Bonds, Judicial Restraint Orders, and “810” Orders .........................34 “PINS” Petition (Person in need of supervision)...........................................34 Prison Misconducts......................................................................................34 Probation before Judgement........................................................................34 Revocation of Conditional Release for “Lifers,” Dangerous Offenders, and Others with Indeterminate Sentences..............................................34 Sanctions by Professional Organizations ....................................................35 Similar Fact Crimes .....................................................................................35 Stayed Charges/Sentences .........................................................................36 Suspended Sentences.................................................................................36 Unfit to Stand Trial .......................................................................................36 3. Any Juvenile Arrest for a Sexual Offence and Convicted as an Adult for a Separate Sexual Offence ...................................................37 Missing Information......................................................................................38 Self-Report Information for this Item ............................................................38 4. Rate of Sexual Offending..........................................................................39 CATEGORY III: DEVIANT SEXUAL INTERESTS (Score 0 – 3 Points).............41 5. Any Sentencing Occasion for Non-contact Sex Offence.......................43 Attempted Contact Offences........................................................................45 Internet Crimes ............................................................................................45 Pimping and Prostitution Related Offences .................................................45 Plea Bargains ..............................................................................................45 Special Coding Issues for the Victim Items (ITEMS 6 – 9).........................47 “Accidental Victims” .....................................................................................47 Child Pornography .......................................................................................48 Conviction, but no Victim .............................................................................49 Credible Information ....................................................................................49 Dismissed Charges, Acquitted, or Found Not Guilty....................................50 Exposing......................................................................................................50 Internet Victims and Intention ......................................................................51 Juvenile Offences ........................................................................................51 Missing Information......................................................................................51 Polygraph Information..................................................................................51 Prowl by Night - Voyeurism..........................................................................52 Sexual Offences against Animals ................................................................52 Sex with Dead Bodies..................................................................................52 Stayed Charges...........................................................................................52 Victims Not at Home ....................................................................................52 6. Any Male Victim.........................................................................................55 7. Young, Unrelated Victims.........................................................................57 CATEGORY IV: RELATIONSHIP TO VICTIMS (Score 0 – 2 points)................59 8. Any Unrelated Victim ................................................................................61 People who are Seen as Related for the Purposes of Scoring Static-2002 .61 Becoming “Unrelated”..................................................................................63 9. Any Stranger Victim ..................................................................................65 The Reverse Case.......................................................................................66 Internet,