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<br /> Rearrest and reconviction for a new sex crime
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<br /> Rearrest and reconviction all the prisoners released in 1994 Child molesters and statutory rapists
<br /> (517 / 3,845 = 13% and 3,328 / 3,845
<br /> All sex offenders = 87%). After their release, 5.1% (221 men) of
<br /> the child molesters and 5.0% (22 men)
<br /> Based on official arrest records, 517 of Rapists and sexual assaulters of the statutory rapists were rearrested-
<br /> the 9,691 released sex offenders for a new sex crime (table 22). Not all
<br /> (5.3%) were rearrested for a new sex Of the 3,115 rapists, 5.0% (155 men) of the new sex crimes were against
<br /> crime within the first 3 years following had a new arrest for a sex crime (either children. The new sex crimes were
<br /> their release (table 21). The new sex a sexual assault or another forcible forcible rapes and various types of
<br /> crimes for which these 517 men were rape) after being released. Of the 6,576 sexual assaults.
<br /> arrested were forcible rapes and sexual released sexual assaulters, 5.5% (362
<br /> assaults. For virtually all of the 517, the men) were rearrested for a new sex Following their release, 3.5% (150
<br /> most serious sex crime for which they crime (either a forcible rape or another men) of the 4,295 released child
<br /> were rearrested was a felony. Their sexual assault). molesters were convicted for a new
<br /> victims were children and adults. The sex crime against a child or an adult.
<br /> study cannot say what percentage A total of 100 released rapists were The sex crime reconviction rate for the
<br /> were children and what percentage reconvicted for a sex crime. The 100 443 statutory rapists was 3.6% (16
<br /> were adults because arrest files did not men were 3.2% of the 3,115 rapists reconvicted men).
<br /> record the victim's age. released in 1994. Among the 6,576
<br /> released sexual assaulters, 3.7% (243
<br /> Of the total 9,691 released sex, 3.5% men) were reconvicted for a sex crime.
<br /> (339 of the 9,691) were reconvicted for
<br /> a sex crime (a forcible rape or a sexual Table 21. Of sex offenders released from prison in 1994, percent rearrested
<br /> assault) within 3 years. and percent reconvicted for any new sex crime, by type of sex offender
<br /> Sex offenders compared Sexual
<br /> to non-sex offenders All Rapists assaulters
<br /> Percent rearrested for any new
<br /> The 15 States in this study released a sex crime within 3 years 5.3% 5.0% 5.5%
<br /> total of 272,111 prisoners in 1994. The Percent reconvicted for any new
<br /> 9,691 released sex offenders made up sex crime within 3 years` 3.5% 3.2% 3.7%
<br /> less than 4% of that total. Of the Total released 9,691 3,115 6,576
<br /> remaining 262,420 non-sex offenders, Note: The 9,691 sex offenders were released in 15 States.
<br /> 3,328 (1.3%) were rearrested for a new `Because of missing data, prisoners released in Ohio were excluded from
<br /> sex crime within 3 years (not shown in the calculation of percent reconvicted. Due to data quality concerns,
<br /> table). By comparison, the 5.3% calculation of percent reconvicted excluded Texas prisoners classified as
<br /> rearrest rate for the 9,691 released sex "other type of release."
<br /> offenders was 4 times higher.
<br /> Table 22. Of child molesters and statutory rapists released from prison in 1994,
<br /> Assuming that the 517 sex offenders percent rearrested and percent reconvicted for any new sex crime
<br /> who were rearrested for another sex
<br /> crime each victimized no more than Child Statutory
<br /> one victim, the number of sex crimes molesters rapists
<br /> they committed after their prison Percent rearrested for any new
<br /> release totaled 517. Assuming that the sex crime within 3 years 5-1% 5.0%
<br /> 3,328 non-sex offenders rearrested for Percent reconvicted for any new
<br /> a sex crime after their release also sex crime within 3
<br /> years' 3.5% &6%
<br /> victimized one victim each, the number Total released 4,295 443
<br /> of sex crimes they committed was
<br /> 3,328. The combined total number of Note: The 4,295 child molesters were released in 15 States; the 443 statutory rapists in 11
<br /> sex crimes is 3,845 (517 plus 3,328 = States. Because of overlapping definitions, all statutory rapists also appear under the column
<br /> 3,845). Released sex offenders molesters.
<br /> `Because of missing data, prisoners released in Ohio were excluded from the calculation
<br /> accounted for 13% and released of percent reconvicted. Due to data quality concerns, calculation of percent reconvicted
<br /> non-sex offenders accounted for 87% excluded Texas prisoners classified as "other type of release."
<br /> of the 3,845 sex crimes committed by
<br /> 24 Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 1994
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