Static-2002 coding rules (2009) - Static-99

Category 3: Deviant Sexual Interests
Special Coding Issues for the Victim Items (ITEMS 6 – 9)
The following four items concern victim characteristics: "Any Male Victim" (Item
6); "Young, Unrelated Victims" (Item 7); "Any Unrelated Victim" (Item 8); and
"Any Stranger Victim" (Item 9). "Any Male Victim" and "Young, Unrelated Victims"
are coded under the category “Deviant Sexual Interests” while "Any Unrelated
Victim" and "Any Stranger Victim" are coded under the category “Relationship to
Victims.” For these four items the scoring is based on all available credible
information, including self-report, (alleged) victim accounts, and collateral
contacts.
The items concerning victim characteristics, however, only apply to sex offences
in which the victims were children or non-consenting adults (Category “A” sex
offences). For these four items, do not score victim information from non-sexual
offences or from sex offences related to prostitution/pandering, possession of
child pornography, and public sex with consenting adults (Category “B” sex
offences). The only exception is that victims of not disclosing HIV-positive status
(a category “B” offence) can also be counted. Do not score victim information on
sexual offences against animals (bestiality and similar charges).
In addition to all of the more common sexual offences (sexual assault, rape,
invitation to sexual touching, buggery) you also score victim information on the
following charges:
Illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material/performance
Importuning (soliciting for immoral purposes)
Indecent exposure (when a specific victim has been identified)
Sexually harassing telephone calls
Voyeurism (when a specific victim has been identified)
You do not score victim information on the following charges:
Compelling acceptance of objectionable material
Deception to obtain matter harmful to juveniles
Disseminating/displaying matter harmful to juveniles
Offences against animals
Pandering obscenity
Pandering obscenity involving a minor
Pandering sexually-oriented material involving a minor
Prostitution related offences
“Accidental Victims”
Occasionally there are “accidental victims” to a sexual offence. An example of
this occurred when an offender was raping a woman in her living room. The
noise awoke the victim’s four-year-old son. The son wandered into the living
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