BuzzFeed explores how people who’ve been arrested for various kinds of sexual offenses can end up indefinitely incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital — depending on their answers to a ten-question form that supposedly evaluates their risk of re-offending.
“A short checklist called the Static-99 weighs facts about a sex offender’s past in order to predict the likelihood of future crimes,” reports BuzzFeed. “Many legal and scientific experts worry that the way the test is often used — to make high-stakes decisions about an individual’s liberty — is critically flawed.”
These 10 Questions Can Mean Life Behind Bars (BuzzFeed, April 22, 2015)
