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<br /> example, percent of sentence served), select sex offenders, numbers and Appendix table. Number of sex
<br /> Michigan was excluded from all tables offenders released from State prisons
<br /> percentages in this report for sex in 1994 and number selected for this
<br /> based on first releases. offenders were not subject to sampling report, by State
<br /> error. However, comparisons in the
<br /> Analysis of statutory rape laws report between sex offenders and Sex offenders
<br /> non-sex offenders were subject to released from
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<br /> rape laws in the United States benefit- used to select non-sex offenders. to be in
<br /> ted greatly from the report "Sexual Where sex offenders were compared State Total this report
<br /> Relationships Between Adult Males to all non-sex offenders released in Total 10,546 9,691
<br /> and Young Teen Girls: Exploring the 1994, sampling error was taken into Arizona 156 122
<br /> Legal and Social Responses," by account. All differences discussed California 3,503 3,43955
<br /> Delaware 53 Sharon G. Elstein and Noy Davis, were statistically significant at the .05 Florida 1,053 965
<br /> American Bar Association, Center on level. Illinois 775 710
<br /> Children and the Law, October 1997. Maryland 277 243
<br /> Not all 10,546 sex offenders in the Michigan 477 444
<br /> Minnesota 249 239
<br /> Sampling error sample were used in the report. To be New Jersey 449 429
<br /> in the report, the sex offender had to New York 799 692
<br /> In 1994 State prisons in 15 States be male and meet all 4 of the following North Carolina 508 441
<br /> released 302,309 prisoners altogether. criteria: Ohio 824 606
<br /> Oregon 452 408
<br /> A total of 38,624 were sampled for a Texas 708 692
<br /> recidivism study. Results of that study 1. A RAP sheet on the prisoner was Virginia 263 260
<br /> and information regarding sampling found in the State criminal history Note: "Total released" includes both male and
<br /> and other methodological details are repository. female sex offenders; "Total selected to be in
<br /> available in the BJS publication Recidi- 2. The released prisoner was alive this report" includes only male sex offenders.
<br /> vism of Prisoners Released in 1994, throughout the entire 3-year followup
<br /> NCJ 193427, June 2002. period. (This requirement resulted in 21 Using the 3,741 and the 9,691, the
<br /> sex offenders' being excluded.) reader could exactly reproduce the
<br /> The 302,309 total released consisted 3. The prisoner's sentence was greater results. However, the reader should be
<br /> of 10,546 released sex offenders plus than 1 year (missing sentences were aware that in a few places, the calcu-
<br /> 291,763 released non-sex offenders. treated as greater than 1 year). lated percentages will differ slightly
<br /> The 38,624 sample consisted of 4. The State department of corrections from the percentages found in the
<br /> 10,546 released sex offenders plus that released the prisoner in 1994 did report. This is due to rounding. For
<br /> 28,078 released non-sex offenders. not designate him as any of the follow- example, 43.0%, or 4,163, of the 9,691
<br /> The number of sex offenders in the ing release types: release to sex offenders were rearrested;
<br /> sample was the same as the number in custody/detainer/warrant, absent however, 4,163 / 9,691 is 42.96%,
<br /> the 302,309 total because all sex without leave, escape, transfer, admin- which was rounded to 43.0%.
<br /> offenders released in 1994 in the 15 istrative release, or release on appeal.
<br /> States were selected for the study, not Offense definitions and other methodo-
<br /> a sample of them. A total of 9,691 released male sex logical details are available in the BJS
<br /> offenders met the selection criteria. publication Recidivism of Prisoners
<br /> The number of them released in each Released in 1994, NCJ 193427, June
<br /> State is shown in the appendix table. 2002.
<br /> Other methodological details
<br /> To help the reader understand the
<br /> percentages provided in the report,
<br /> both the numerator and denominator
<br /> were often given. In most cases, the
<br /> reader could then reproduce the
<br /> percentages. For example, the report
<br /> indicates 38.6% (3,741) of the 9,691
<br /> sex offenders were returned to prison.
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