Static-2002 coding rules (2009) - Static-99
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Category 2: Persistence of Sexual Offending<br />
CATEGORY II: PERSISTENCE OF SEXUAL OFFENDING (Score 0 – 3<br />
points)<br />
The Basic Principle: This category and the other items that relate to criminal<br />
history and the measurement of persistence of criminal activity are based on a<br />
firm foundation in the behavioural literature. As long ago as 1911 Thorndyke<br />
stated that the “the best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour.”<br />
Research has yet to establish whether the propensity to commit sexual crimes is<br />
best considered a distinct construct or the emergent property of other factors.<br />
Nevertheless, the link between prior sexual crime and sexual recidivism is<br />
beyond dispute (Hanson & Bussière, 1<strong>99</strong>8; Hanson & Morton-Bourgon, 2004).<br />
This category includes three items:<br />
Prior Sentencing Occasions for Sexual Offences (Score 0 – 3 points).<br />
Any Juvenile Arrest for a Sexual Offence and Convicted as an Adult for a<br />
Separate Sexual Offence (Score 0 - 1 point).<br />
Rate of Sexual Offending (Score 0 - 1 point).<br />
To calculate the total score for the “Persistence of Sexual Offending” subscale,<br />
score all three individual items to get the raw score for each item. Sum the raw<br />
scores for the three items. The summed raw scores are recoded according to the<br />
table below to obtain the subscale score for the category “Persistence of Sexual<br />
Offending”:<br />
RAW<br />
SCORE<br />
SUBSCALE<br />
SCORE<br />
0 0<br />
1 1<br />
2, 3 2<br />
4, 5 3<br />
See example on next page.<br />
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