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Assuming that the 209 sex offenders Table 35. Of child molesters and statutory rapists released from prison who were rearrested for a sex crime in 1994, percent rearrested for a sex crime against a child, against a child each victimized no more and percent of their alleged victims, by age of victim than one child, the number of sex crimes they committed against children Percent rearrested for a sex after their prison release totaled 209. crime against a child within 3 years Assuming that the 1,042 non-sex child Statutory 9 molesters rapists offenders rearrested for a sex crime Total 3.3% 2.5% against a child after their release also victimized only one child, the number of Number released 4,295 443 sex crimes against a child that they Age of child that sex offender was Percent of committed was 1,042. The combined charged with molesting after release allegedly molested children total number of sex crimes is 1,251 13 or younger 79.2% 30.0'% (209 plus 1,042 = 1,251). Released sex 14-15 9.1 10.0' offenders accounted for 17% and 16-17 11.7 60.0' released non-sex offenders accounted Number of molested children 141 11 for 83% of the 1,251 sex crimes Note: The 4,295 child molesters were released in 15 States; the 443 statutory rapists in 11 against children committed by all the States. Because of overlapping definitions, all statutory rapists also appear under the column prisoners released in 1994 (209 / 1 ,251 "child molesters." The approximate ages of the children allegedly molested by the 141 prisoners = 17% and 1,042 / 1,251 = 83%) after their release were available for 54.6% of the 141. "Number of molested children" was set to equal the number of released sex offenders rearrested for child molesting. 'Percentage based on 10 or fewer cases. Rapists and sexual assaulters Prior arrest for a sex crime child molesting were more likely to be Following their 1994 release, 1.4% of against a child arrested for child molesting (6.4%) than the 3,115 rapists (44 men) and 2.5% of those who had no arrest record for sex the 6,576 sexual assaulters (165 men) All sex offenders with a child (1.7%) (table 36). were rearrested for molesting a child (table 34). After their 1994 release from prison, sex offenders with a prior arrest for Child molesters and statutory rapists Table 36. Of sex offenders released from prison in 1994, percent rearrested Within 3 years following their release for a sex crime against a child, by prior arrest for a sex crime from prison in 1994, 141 (3.3%) of the against a child and type of sex offender released 4,295 child molesters and 11 Sexual (2.5%) of the 443 released statutory Arrest prior to 1994 release All Rapists assaulters rapists were rearrested for molesting . For the Percent rearrested for a sex crime another child (table 35) reasons outlined earlier, these percent- against a child within 3 years ages undercount actual rearrest rates Total z.z% 1.a% z.s% by a few percentage points at most. The arrest responsible for their being in prison in 1994 was Each of the 141 released molesters Their first arrest for a sex crime against a child 1.7 1.3 1.9 rearrested for repeating their crime Not their first arrest for a sex crime against a child 6.4 4.0 6.9 represented at least 1 child victim. Of Percent of released prisoners the conservatively estimated 141 Total 100% 100% 100% children allegedly molested by released child molesters, 79% were age 13 or The arrest responsible for their being in prison in 1994 was younger, 9% were 14 or 15 years of Their first arrest for a sex crime against a child 89.7 94.3 87.5 age, and 12% were ages 16 or 17. Not their first arrest for a sex crime against a child 10.3 5.7 12.5 Total released 9,691 3,115 6,576 Note: The 9,691 sex offenders were released in 15 States. By definition, all sex offenders had at least 1 arrest prior to their release: namely, the arrest responsible for their being in prison in 1994. "First arrest for a sex crime against a child" pertains exclusively to those released prisoners whose first arrest was the sex offense arrest responsible for their being in prison in 1994. Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 9994 31 5OA-80