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Errors in the First Printing of Quinsey et al. (1998)

Page 242, item 6, line 3 should read "Score 3 or above = +6"

The correction involves changing the "3" to a "6."

Page 281, item 5, line 4, delete "1973: Drinking under age 1 point"

Page 281, item 5, line 5, insert ü after 0, should read "1 or 2 = 0 ü

Page 281, item 5, line 5, delete "1978: Possession of marijuana 1 point"

Page 281, item 5, line 6, delete ü

Page 281, item 5, line 7 should read "Score: 0" and delete "+3 (High)"

Page 283, line just above Table H.1 should read "Total score: +22"

The 25 presently there is incorrect.

Page 287, item 5, line 4, delete "1973: drinking under age 1 point"

Page 287, item 5, line 5, insert ü after 0, should read "1 or 2 = 0 ü

Page 287, item 5, line 5, delete "1978: possession of marijuana 1 point"

Page 287, item 5, line 6, delete ü

Page 287, item 5, line 7 should read "Score: 0" and delete "+3 (High)"

Page 288, under H. insert ü beside "No = Low" and delete beside "Yes = High"

Page 289, item 13, line 3 should read

" Yes = +1 No = -1 [Unknown = 0] ü

Page 289, item 13, line 4 should read "Score: 0" and delete "+1 (High)"

Page 289, last line, should read "Total Score: +32"

The "37" presently there is incorrect.

Plus: All the errors listed below for the second printing

1. Page 50, caption to Figure 3.3 should read: negative predictive power = d/(c+d) [not b/(b+d)].

2. Very last line of text on p. 166: "see Exhibit 8.2" should read "see Exhibit 8.3"

3. pages 237,241,and 280, under #3 "History of alcohol problems", delete "parental alcoholism", and replace with "alcohol abuse in biological parent".

4. pages 238, and 242 under #5, the words "prior to the index offense" should be added after the parentheses; and, under #7 on page 238 and #10 on page 242, the word "at" should be added between "Age" and "index".

5. p. 239 add the line "Indecent exposure 2" as the last item in the list (just before the asterisked line).

6. p. 242 under #6 should say "Criminal history score for violent offenses (from the Cormier-Lang system shown below) prior to the index offense. Note that all hands-on sexual offenses are to be included." and under #7 delete the words "hands on"

and add the sentence "Count any offenses known to be sexual, including, for example, indecent exposure."

7. p. 247 Appendix D. In title, add the words "and Scoring" between "Application" and "of the Violence Risk..."

8. p. 248 under #8 remove from lines 2 and 3 the text "the computation of sex offense history (for the SORAG), or " and the text "history and " from line 5.

9. p 250 Last line of the list after "Wearing a disguise..." should add "Indecent exposure    2".

10. p. 274 first line under "Criminal History" change "fights" to "thefts".

11. p. 287 Under #5 insert "prior" between "charges" and "to" p. 287 Under #6 add "(including hands-on sexual)" between "violent" and "offenses". Change the text "(See score key for Cormier-Lang.)" to "(See Appendix E)"

p. 287 Under #7 add "Count any offenses known to be sexual, including, for example, indecent exposure."

12. p. 293 In the paragraph beginning "Indicators of high risk...." change "including" to "includes" in the second line. In the same paragraph, remove the following text: "he had a history of nonviolent offenses (including theft, mischief, driving violations, alcohol and drug violations, fraud and property damage);" In the next italicized paragraph, remove the sentence "As well as the above-mentioned, ... again in 1982."

13. p. 294 Insert the following short paragraph just before the heading "OFFENSE CHARACTERISTICS":

"Mr. Moore's history of nonviolent offenses (two convictions for theft) were such that they did not contribute positively or negatively to his risk score." in bold type.

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Unfortunately, a few small errors that had been corrected in the second printing somehow crept back in to the third. We also discovered one new error:

Page 50, caption to Figure 3.3 should read: negative predictive power = d/(c+d) [not b/(b+d)].

Page 242, Item 6 of the SORAG, the last line should say "Score 3 or above = +6, NOT +3. It is correct on page 287 showing the detailed scoring for the SORAG. Page 287, item 5, line 4, delete "1973: drinking under age 1 point" Page 287, item 5, line 5, insert checkmark after 0, should read "1 or 2 = 0 (ü) " Page 287, item 5, line 5, delete "1978: possession of marijuana 1 point" Page 287, item 5, line 6, delete checkmark after +3 Page 287, item 5, line 7, should read, "Score: 0" [delete +3 (High)]

Page 283, Note under Table H.1 should read "... percentile > 95% (see appendix c)..."

Page 287, item 6, should read "Criminal history score for violent offenses (from the Cormier-Lang system shown in Appendix E) prior to the index offense. Note that all hands-on sexual offenses are to be included."

Page 289, item 13, line 3 should read " Yes = +1 No = -1 Unknown = 0 (ü)

Page 295, paragraph 3, line 4-5 should read "...less than 5% obtained higher scores..."

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Unfortunately, only some of the errors present in the third printing were corrected in the fourth printing:

Page 50, caption to Figure 3.3 should read: negative predictive power = d/(c+d) [not b/(b+d)].

Page 283, Note under Table H.1 should read "... percentile > 95% (see appendix c)..."

Page 287, item 6, should read "Criminal history score for violent offenses (from the Cormier-Lang system shown in Appendix E) prior to the index offense. Note that all hands-on sexual offenses are to be included."

Page 295, paragraph 3, lines 4-5 should read "...less than 5% obtained higher scores..."

Please add all the following to Appendix D:

11. Can you give more guidance on scoring Elementary School Maladjustment?

First, it’s important to note that this refers to the eight grades (formal years) of schooling after kindergarten. Here are some criteria and examples for scoring this item:

Minor or Moderate Problems: (minor or moderate discipline or attendance problem; reports of nonassaultive, disruptive behavior or incidents of truancy on at least two occasions or one or two suspensions for nonassaultive or minor assaultive behavior) Examples: Suspended for smoking on school property; Told to report to the principal's office on at least two occasions for refusing to co-operate with assignments or for interfering with other students’ class participation or for "talking back to" a teacher, Parents notified because of incidents of pushing students down in the schoolyard, Suspended twice for truancy, Told to report to the principal's office for threatening a teacher.

Severe problems (frequent disruptive behavior and/or attendance problems or serious assaultive behavior or any behavior resulting in expulsion) Examples: Punching a teacher, Expelled for selling drugs at school, Suspended for beating up a student, Several incidents of truancy either occurring all in one grade or over several grades.

12. What is the Index Offense?

In our research, the index offense was the criminal or antisocial activity that resulted in the offender becoming a subject in our research. In most cases, this was a criminal charge or conviction that directly resulted in his admission to Oak Ridge. Especially among sex offenders, however, the index offense sometimes involves judgment. For example, for a man sent to Oak Ridge for sexually assaulting his daughter many times over a decade, we defined the index offense date as the date on which the first assault occurred. As another example, for a man sent to Oak Ridge for rape who later was convicted for making obscene phone calls while incarcerated, the rape was the index offense. As yet another example, for a man sent to Oak Ridge for a sexual murder who revealed in therapy that he also committed rapes before being apprehended, the sexual murder was the index offense.

13. What counts as Separation from Parents before age 16?

Any period greater than or equal to a month during which the offender lived completely apart from either biological parent counts. Separations could be due to divorce or marital separation, or institutionalization of parent or child but separation due entirely to death of a parent did not count. Also, voluntary (i.e., instigated by the family and not by the youth justice system) separations for vacation, summer camp, or boarding school did not count .

14. Did Failure on Conditional Release count failures when under clinical supervision as an insanity acquittee or other psychiatric release?

No, only failures involving criminal justice services (bail, probation, parole, etc.) counted.

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