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Rearrest for a sex crime against a child Undercounts of sex crimes Rearrest Sex offenders compared against children to non-sex offenders This section documents percentages of AH sex offenders men who were arrested for a sex crime Prisons in the 15 States in the study Following their release in 1994, 209 released 272,111 prisoners altogether against in a 1 child ll To after some their unknown wn from of the total 9,691 released sex offend- in 1994, 9,691 of whom were the sex extent, these recidivism rates under- ers (2.2 /o) were rearrested for a sex offenders in this report. As previously count actual rearrest rates. That is offense against a child (table 34). For stated, 2.2% of the 9,691 sex offenders because the arrest records that the virtually all 209, the rearrest offense were rearrested for a child sex crime study used to document sex crime was a felony. For the reason given after their release. That rate is high arrests did not always contain enough earlier, the 2.2 /o figure undercounts compared to the rate for the remaining information to identify those sex crime the percentage rearrested for a sex 262,420 non-sex offenders. Of the arrests in which the victim of the crime offense against a child. It seems 262,420 non-sex offenders, less than was a child. Some sense of the poten- unlikely that the correct figure could be half of 1 percent (1,042 of the 262,420) wa size of the undercount can be as high as 5.3 /o (table 21), which is the were rearrested for a sex offense tial gained by comparing rearrests for any percentage rearrested for a sex crime against a child within the 3-year sex crime and rearrests for any sex against a person of any age. The only followup period (not shown in table). crime against a child. Rates of rearrest way it could be that high i if none of for a sex crime (tables 21 and 22) are the sex crime arrests after r release Since each of the 1,042 was charged percentage points higher were crimes in which the victim was an at arrest with molesting at least 1 child, from r 2 toates % p rearrest for a sex crime adult, an unlikely possibility. The more the total number they allegedly moles- than rates against s a child of r (tables 34 and cri likely possibility is that the 2.2% figure ted was conservatively estimated at suggesting that rates of rearrest fora undercounts the rate by a maximum of 1,042. Of the conservatively estimated 1 or 2 percentage points. 1,042 children, 65/o were age 13 or sex most, crime few against a child points could below be, ow at younger, 11 /o were 14- or 15-years- actual rates. An estimated 76% of the children alleg- old, and 24% were 16- or 17-years-old edly molested by the 209 men after (not shown in table). (These percent- No data on precise ages their prison release were age 13 or ages were based on the 554 cases out younger, 12% were 14- or 15-years- of the 1,042 in which the approximate of molested children o age of the child could be determined. old, and the remaining 12 /o were 16- ) This section also documents the ages or 17-years-old. of the children that the men were alleged to have molested after their Table 34. Of sex offenders released from prison in 1994, percent rearrested release from prison. Sex crime statutes for a sex crime against a child, and percent of their alleged victims, contained in the arrest records of the by age of victim and type of sex offender released prisoners were used to obtain Percent rearrested for a sex crime ages. The first step was to identify against a child within 3 years those sex crime statutes that were Sexual applicable just to children. Among All Rapists assaulters those that were, some were found to Total 2.2% 1.4% 2.5% apply just to children whose age fell Number released 9,691 3,115 6,576 within a certain range (for example, under 12, or 13 to 15, or 16 to 17). Age of child that sex offender was Percent of Those statutes applicable to children charged with molesting after release allegedly molested children within specified age ranges became 13 or younger 76.2% 89.3% 72.3% the source of information on the 14-15 11.5 O.O` 14.9 approximate ages of the allegedly 16-17 12.3 10.7' 12.8 molested children. Information on Number of molested children 209 44 165 precise ages could not be determined Note: The 9,691 sex offenders were released in 15 States. The approximate ages of the children because statutes applicable just to allegedly molested by the 209 prisoners after their release were available for 58.4% of the 209. children of a specific age (for example, "Number of molested children" was set to equal the number of released sex offenders rearrested just to 12-year-olds, or just to age for child molesting. 15-year-olds) do not exist. ,Percentage based on 10 or fewer cases. - 30 Recidivism of Sex Offenders Re/eased from Prison in 1994 5OA-79