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State where rearrested for a sex Child molesters and statutory rapists released them in 1994. For the remain- crime ing 13.4%, the arrest was elsewhere. A total of 221 child molesters were When sex offenders were arrested for rearrested for a new sex crime (not Of all statutory rapists, 5% (22) were new sex crimes after their release, the necessarily against a child) after their rearrested for a new sex crime after new arrest typically occurred in the release (table 33). Among the 221 their release. Of these 22, none had same State that released them. Those were 191 (86.6%) whose new sex the new arrest outside the State that arrests are referred to as "in-State" crime arrest was in the same State that released them. arrests. When released sex offenders left the State where they were incarcer- Table 32. Where sex offenders were rearrested for a new sex crime ated and were charged by police with following their release from prison in 1994, by type of sex offender new sex crimes, those arrests are referred to as "out-of-State" arrests. Percent of rearrested prisoners State where rearrested Sexual All sex offenders within 3 years All Rapists assaulters Of the 9,691 released sex offenders, Total 100% 100% 100% 517 were rearrested for a new sex Same State where released 85.2 85.2 85.2 crime within 3 years. Most of those sex Another State 14.8 14.8 14.8 crime arrests (85.2% of the 517, or 440 men) were in the same State that Total rearrested for a new sex crime 517 155 362 released them (table 32). Seventy- seven of them (14.8% of the 517) were Note: The 517 rearrested sex offenders were released in 15 States, arrests in a different State. but table percentages are based on 14 States. Sex offenders compared Table 33. Where child molesters and statutory rapists were rearrested to non-sex offenders for a new sex crime following their release from prison in 1994 The 15 States in this study released Percent of rearrested 262,420 non-sex offenders in 1994, of prisoners State where rearrested Child Statutory whom 3,328 were rearrested for a new within 3 years molesters rapists sex crime within 3 years (not shown in Total 100% 100% table). Of the 3,328 non-sex offenders arrested for a new sex crime, an Same State where released 86.6 100 estimated 10% were men rearrested Another State 13.4 O outside the State that released them. The 15% figure for released sex Total rearrested for a new sex crime 221 22 offenders was high by comparison Note: The 221 rearrested child molesters were released in 14 States, (table 32). but table percentages are based on 13 States. The 22 rearrested statutory rapists were released in 6 States, but table percentages are based on 5 States. Rapists and sexual assaulters A total of 155 released rapists and 362 released sexual assaulters were rearrested for a new sex crime within the 3-year followup period. In-State arrests for new sex crimes accounted for 85% of the rearrested rapists and 85% of the rearrested sexual assaulters. Out-of-State arrests accounted for the rest. Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 1994 29 5OA-78