Guideline D: Sexual Behavior
Decided hearing cases
632
Grant rate
19%
118 granted · 514 denied
Specific issues and their outcomes
Criminal sexual conduct
13% granted · 34 granted · 233 denied
Sexual behavior (unspecified)
21% granted · 50 granted · 190 denied
Compulsive sexual behavior
13% granted · 13 granted · 85 denied
Prostitution / solicitation
24% granted · 22 granted · 68 denied
Child pornography involvement
17% granted · 14 granted · 70 denied
Extramarital relationship with coercion risk
16% granted · 7 granted · 38 denied
Mitigations judges credited most
- Successful rehabilitation8
- Rehabilitation5
- No evidence of emotional instability1
- No longer serves as basis for coercion1
- No longer serves as a basis for blackmail1
Counted only where the judge expressly credited the mitigation, not merely where it was claimed.
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