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502 CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BEHAVIOR Multiple prior sex-crime convictions: Offenders with more than one prior sex-crime conviction (including the instant offense) were given a value of 1, whereas those without multiple prior sex crime convictions were given a value of 0. Recent disciplinary history: This variable measures the number of disciplinary convictions that an offender received in the final 12 months prior to his initial release from prison. Sex offender treatment: Three dichotomous dummy variables were created to measure prison-based sex offender treatment during the offender’s term of imprisonment prior to release. Offenders’ involvement in sex offender treatment was not included, however, if they participated in treatment during either a prior commitment to prison or a subsequent return to prison (either for a supervised release violation or for the new sex reoffense). The three variables were offenders who successfully completed treatment or were participating until the time of release (1 =treatment completers/participants; 0 =treatment dropouts or nonparticipants), offenders who were terminated from treatment or voluntarily quit (1 =treatment dropouts; 0 =treatment completers/participants or nonparticipants), and those who never entered treatment (1 =nonparticipants; 0 =treatment completers/ participants, and dropouts). Length of postrelease supervision: The number of months between an offender’s first release date and the end of postrelease supervision, for example, the sentence expiration or conditional release date, the greater of the two. Intensity of postrelease supervision: Three dichotomous dummy variables were created to measure the level of postrelease supervision to which offenders were released. The three variables were intensive supervised release (ISR) (1 =ISR,0 =non-ISR), supervised release (SR) (1 =SR,0 =non-SR), and discharge (1 =discharge or no supervision,0 = released to supervision).4 Supervised release revocations (SRR’s): The number of times during an offender’s sex crime sentence when he returned to prison as a supervised release violator. Prior victim gender: Dichotomized as either a female victim (1) or a male victim (2), this variable measures whether offenders victimized a female or male victim in the sex offense for which they were previously incarcerated. Victim gender was coded the same for the reoffense. Prior victim age: Three dichotomous dummy variables were created to measure the age of the victim for the sex offense for which the recidivists were previously incarcerated. The three variables were child victims (1 =victim younger than the age of 13; 0 =victims 13 and older), adolescent victims (1 =victims between the ages of 13 and 17; 0 =child and adult victims), and adult victims (1 =victims older than age 17; 0 =victims younger than age 18). The same coding structure was used for the victim’s age in the reoffense. Prior victim–offender relationship: Three dichotomous dummy variables were created to measure the offender’s relationship to the victim for the sex crime for which he was previously incarcerated. The three variables were stranger victims (1 =stranger victim; 0 =known or nonstranger victim), acquaintance victims (1 =acquaintance victim; 0 =nonacquaintance victim), and family member victims (1 =family member victim; 0 =non-family-member victim). Victim–offender relationship was coded the same for the reoffense. APPENDIX (continued) at University of British Columbia Library on April 27, 2010 http://cjb.sagepub.comDownloaded from