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State where rearrested for a sex crime When sex offenders were arrested for new sex crimes after their release, the new arrest typically occurred in the same State that released them. Those arrests are referred to as "in-State" arrests. When released sex offenders left the State where they were incarcer- ated and were charged by police with new sex crimes, those arrests are referred to as "out-of-State" arrests. All sex offenders Of the 9,691 released sex offenders, 517 were rearrested for a new sex crime within 3 years. Most of those sex crime arrests (85.2% of the 517, or 440 men) were in the same State that released them (table 32). Seventy- seven of them (14.8% of the 517) were arrests in a different State. Sex offenders compared fo non-sex offenders The 15 States in this study released 262,420 non-sex offenders in 1994, of whom 3,328 were rearrested for a new sex crime within 3 years (not shown in table). Of the 3,328 non-sex offenders arrested for a new sex crime, an estimated 1 O% were men rearrested outside the State that released them. The 15% figure for released sex offenders was high by comparison (table 32). Rapists and sexua/ assau/ters A total of 155 released rapists and 362 released sexual assaulters were rearrested for a new sex crime within the 3-year followup period. In-State arrests for new sex crimes accounted for 85% of the rearrested rapists and 85% of the rearrested sexual assaulters. Out-of-State arrests accounted for the rest. Chi/d mo/esters and statutory rapists released them in 1994. For the remain- ing 13.4%, the arrest was elsewhere. A total of 221 child molesters were rearrested for a new sex crime (not Of all statutory rapists, 5% (22) were necessarily against a child) after their rearrested for a new sex crime after release (table 33). Among the 221 their release. Of these 22, none had were 191 (86.6%) whose new sex the new arrest outside the State that crime arrest was in the same State that released them. Table 32. Where sex offenders were rearrested for a new sex crime following their release from prison in 1994, by type of sex offender Percent of rearrested prisoners State where rearrested Sexual within 3 years All Rapists assaulters Total 100% 100% '100% Same State where released 85.2 85.2 85.2 Another State 14.6 14.8 14.8 Total rearrested for a new sex crime 517 155 362 Note: The 517 rearrested sex offenders were released in 15 States, but table percentages are based on 14 States. Table 33. Where child molesters and statutory rapists were rearrested for a new sex crime following their release from prison in 1994 Percent of rearrested prisoners State where rearrested Child Statutory within 3 years molesters rapists Total 100% 100% Same State where released 86.6 100 Another State 13.4 O Total rearrested for a new sex crime 221 22 Note: The 221 rearrested child molesters were released in 14 States, but table percentages are based on 13 States. The 22 rearrested statutory rapists were released in 6 States, but table percentages are based on 5 States. Recidivism of Sex Offenders Re/eased from Prison in '1994 29 50A-78