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Time to recidivism A// sex offenders Within 6 months following their release 16% of the 9,691 men were rearrested for a new crime (not necessarily another sex offense) (table 9). Within 1 year, altogether 24.2% were rearrested. Within 2 years the cumula- tive total reached 35.5%. By the end of the 3-year followup period, 43% (4,163 of the 9,691) were rearrested for some type of crime. These statistics indicate that most recidivism within the first 3 years following release occurred in the first year (56%, since 24.2% / 43% = 56%). While the bulk of rearrests occurred in the first year, that period did not account for the bulk of reconvictions or reimprisonments. This is largely because a sizable number of those rearrested in the first year were not reconvicted and reimprisoned until sometime in the second year, due to the additional time needed to prosecute, convict, and sentence a criminal defendant. For example, by the end of the first year, 8.6% of the 9,691 released sex offenders were reconvicted, and by the end of the third year, a cumulative total of 24% were reconvicted, indicating that the first year accounted for a relatively small percentage of all the reconvictions in the 3 years (36%, since 8.6% / 24% _ 36%). Rapists and sexua/ assau/ters Forty-six percent of released rapists were rearrested within 3 years, and over half of those rearrests (56%) occurred in the first year (since 25.8% / 46.0% = 56%). Similarly, 41.5% of released sexual assaulters were rear- rested within the first 3 years following their 1994 release, and over half of those rearrests (56%) occurred in the first year (since 23.4% / 41 .5% = 56%). Table 9. Recidivism rate of sex offenders released from prison in 1994, by type of recidivism measure, type of sex offender, and time after release Cumulative percent of sex offenders released from prison in '1994 Time after Sexual 1994 release All Rapists assaulters Rearrested for any type of Grime within - 6 months '16.0% 16.3 % 15.8 1 year 24.2 25.8 23.4 2 years 35.5 38.6 34.0 3 years 43.0 46.0 41 .5 Reconvicted for any type of crime within -a 6 months 3.6 % 4.3% 3.3% 1 year 8.6 '10.0 8.0 2 years "17.2 '19.9 '15.9 3 years 24.0 27.3 22.4 Returned to prison with a new sentence for any type of crime within -° 6 months 1.8% 1.9% 1 .8 1 year 4.0 4.1 3.9 2 years 8.0 9.0 7.5 3 years 11 .2 '12.6 '10.5 Total released 9,69'1 3,115 6,576 Note: The 9,69'1 sex offenders were released in 1 S States. eBecause of missing data, prisoners released in Ohio were excluded from the calculation of percent reconvicted. °"New sentence' includes new sentences to State or Federal prisons but not to local jails. Because of missing data, prisoners released in Ohio and Virginia were excluded from the calculation of percentage returned to prison with a new sentence. 16 Recidivism of Sex Offenders Re/eased from Prison in 1994 50A-65