SOP 213.11-att-2: Severity of Offense Scale

Division:
Facilities
Effective Date:
March 9, 2020
Reference Code:
IIE05-0001
Topic Area:
213 Policy-Probation Detention Center
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Length:
243 words

Summary

This attachment provides a severity classification scale for offenses in probation detention centers, categorizing crimes into five levels from Greatest to Lowest severity. The scale is used to assess and classify inmates based on the nature and sentence length of their offenses, helping staff determine appropriate security levels, housing assignments, and facility management decisions.

Key Topics

  • offense classification
  • severity scale
  • greatest severity offenses
  • high severity crimes
  • moderate severity offenses
  • low moderate offenses
  • lowest severity offenses
  • assaultive offenses
  • sex offenses
  • felony classification
  • detention center security
  • inmate classification
  • crime severity levels
  • violent offenses
  • property crimes
  • drug offenses

Full Text

SOP 213.11
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SEVERITY OF OFFENSE SCALE

A. GREATEST
1. Murder*
2. Rape*
3. Armed robbery*
4. Assault, Aggravated*
5. Aggravated sodomy*
6. Kidnapping for ransom or bodily harm*
7. Child molestation, Aggravated*
8. Voluntary manslaughter*
9. Aggravated battery*
10. Escape from prison, detention center, jail
11. Aggravated Sexual Battery*

B. HIGH
1. Arson, Attempted Murder*
2. Explosives, possession or transportation
3. Robbery by intimidation
4. Sex offenses, other than forcible
5. Assaults, general*
6. Cruelty to children*
7. Kidnapping
8. Terroristic threat
9. Manslaughter, involuntary
10. Vehicular Homicide*
11. Aggravated Stalking*

C. MODERATE
1. Drugs, sentence of five years or higher
Property crimes with sentence of five years or higher to include:
2. Burglary, theft
3. Credit card fraud
4. Criminal damage to property with life in danger
5. Forgery, over 10 counts
6. Fraud and embezzlement
7. Theft of a motor vehicle
8. Bribery
9. Simple assault, or battery*
10. Firearms violations, possession of a deadly weapon
11. Arson, Related cases
12. Escape from diversion or transitional center.

D. LOW MODERATE
1. Drugs, sentence of less than five years
2. Property offenses with sentence less than five years
3. Soliciting for sexual activity (prostitution, pandering)

Retention Schedule: This attachment will be kept locally until it is obsolete or replaced, then destroyed.

SOP 213.11
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E. LOWEST
1. Misdemeanor, excluding assaultive and sex-related
2. DUI's
3. Drivers license violations
4. Possession of tools to commit a crime
5. Habitual violator
6. Forgery, under ten counts
7. Credit card theft
8. VGCSA, possession, single offense, sentence one year or less
9. Property offenses, sentence of two years or less

* _Denotes Assaultive Offenses_

Retention Schedule: This attachment will be kept locally until it is obsolete or replaced, then destroyed.

Attachments (4)

  1. Supervision Assessment (690 words)
  2. Severity of Offense Scale (243 words)
  3. Recommendation for Supervision Level Change (228 words)
  4. Detainee Classification Appeal Form (93 words)
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