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Number of prior arrests <br />for any type of crime <br />Statistics on prior arrests in this section <br />of the report do include the imprison- <br />ment offense of the released sex <br />offender. <br />A// sex offenders <br />The number of times a prisoner was <br />arrested in the past was a relatively <br />good predictor of whether that prisoner <br />would continue his criminality after re- <br />lease (table '17). Prisoners with just one <br />prior arrest for any type of crime had a <br />24.8% rearrest rate for all types of <br />crimes. With two priors, the percent- <br />age rearrested rose to 3'1.9%. With <br />three, it increased to 36.9%. With four, <br />it went up to 42.6%. With additional <br />priors, there were further increases, <br />ultimately reaching a rearrest rate of <br />67.0% for released prisoners with the <br />longest criminal record (more than 15 <br />prior arrests). <br />Rapists and sexua/ assaulters <br />Both rapists and sexual assaulters <br />followed the pattern described immedi- <br />ately above: the more prior arrests they <br />had, the more likely they were to have <br />a new arrest for some type of crime <br />after their release in '1994. <br />Table 17. Rearrest rate of sex offenders released from prison in '1994, <br />by type of sex offender and number of prior arrests for any type of crime <br />Number of adult arrests Sexual <br />prior to '1994 release' All Rapists assaulters <br />Percent rearrestetl for any type <br />of crime within 3 years <br />1 prior arrest for any type of crime 24.8% 28.3% 23.6% <br />2 3'1.9 36.4 29.9 <br />3 36.9 36.3 37.1 <br />4 42.6 47.2 40.4 <br />5 50.5 48.6 5'1.6 <br />6 49.7 47.3 50.9 <br />7-10 59.0 59.6 58.6 <br />11-15 65.'1 63.7 66.0 <br />16 or more 67.0 66.1 67.5 <br />Percent of released prisoners <br />All sex offenders 100 % 100% '100% <br />1 prior arrest for any type of crime 21 .5 ? 6.9 23.7 <br />2 '16.0 '15.2 '16.3 <br />3 11.9 12.1 '1'1.8 <br />4 9.0 9.2 8.9 <br />5 7.2 a.o s.a <br />6 6.3 6.6 6.1 <br />7-10 '14.4 15.8 '13.8 <br />11-15 7.9 8.9 7.4 <br />16 or more 5.8 7.2 5.2 <br />Total released 9,691 3,115 6,576 <br />Note: The 9,691 sex offenders were released in 15 States. <br />'By definition, all sex offenders had at least 1 arrest prior to their release: namely, the arrest <br />responsible for their being in prison in 1994. In this table, that arrest is counted as 1 prior arrest. <br />Recidivism of Sex Offenders Re/eased from Prison in 1994 21 <br />50A-70