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<br /> The 2,326 reconvicted for a new crime Sex offenders compared to Rapists and sexual assaulters
<br /> consisted of 1,672 (71.9%) whose non-sex offenders
<br /> most serious conviction offense was a Within the first 3 years following
<br /> felony, and 654 (28.1%) whose most The 15 States in this study released release -
<br /> serious offense was a misdemeanor 272,111 prisoners altogether in 1994. 46.0% of the 3,115 rapists (1,432
<br /> (not shown in table). The 9,691 released sex offenders
<br /> made up 3.6% of that total. The men) and 41.5% of the 6,576 sexual
<br /> Of the 2,326 reconvicted for any new remaining 262,420 released prisoners assaulters (2,731 men) were
<br /> crime after their release, 1,085 were were non-sex offenders. Of the rearrested for all types of crimes
<br /> resentenced to prison, and the remain- 262,420 non-sex offenders, 68% (table 7)
<br /> ing 1,241 were placed on probation or (179,391 men and women out of the • 27.3% of the 3,115 rapists (850 men)
<br /> ordered to pay a fine or sentenced to 262,420) were rearrested for a new were reconvicted, compared to 22.4%
<br /> short-term confinement in a local jail. crime within 3 years (not shown in of the 6,576 sexual assaulters (1,473
<br /> The 1,241 not resentenced to prison table). The 43% overall rearrest rate of men) for all types of crimes
<br /> made up a little over half (53%) of the the 9,691 released sex offenders o
<br /> total 2,326 reconvicted. One reason (4,163 out of 9,691) was low by - 12.6% of the 3,115 rapists (392 men)
<br /> why over half were not resentenced comparison. and 10.5% of the 6,576 sexual as-
<br /> to prison was that the new conviction saulters (690 men) were resentenced
<br /> tnse for about 650 of the vict Another difference was the rearrest to prison for their reconviction offense
<br /> offe 2,326 charg
<br /> newly convicted men (approximately e. The rearrest offense was a - 43.6% of the 3,115 rapists (1,358
<br /> 30%) was a misdemeanor rather than felony for about 3 out of 4 (75 /%o) ) of the men) and 36.1 % of the 6,576 sexual
<br /> 4,163 rearrested sex offenders (not assaulters 2,374 men) were returned
<br /> a felony, and State laws usually do not ( )
<br /> permit State prison sentences for shown in table). By comparison, about to prison either because of a new
<br /> misdemeanors. 84% of the 179,391 non-sex offenders sentence or because of a technical
<br /> were charged by police with a felony violation of their parole.
<br /> Altogether, 3,741 (38.6%) of the 9,691 (not shown in table). For approximately three-fourths of the
<br /> released sex offenders were returned Of the 4,163 sex offenders rearrested 1,432 rapists who were rearrested for a
<br /> to prison either because of a new for a new crime, nearly 9 in 10 (87%) new crime, the crime was a felony; for
<br /> sentence or a technical violation. Of the were on parole when taken into cus- the remainder, the most serious was a
<br /> 3.741, 2,656 (71 were returned for a tody; of the 179,391 rearrested non-sex misdemeanor (not shown in table).
<br /> technical violation, such as failing a offenders, also about 9 in 10 (85%) As indicated earlier, 2,731 sexual
<br /> drug test, missing an appointment with were on parole (not shown in table). assaulters were rearrested for a new
<br /> the parole officer, or being arrested for offense after their release, and for
<br /> another crime; and 1,085 were There was a difference in recon- about three-fourths, their most serious
<br /> returned with a new prison sentence. victions. The reconviction rate for the rearrest offense was a felony; for the
<br /> The 2,656 consisted of 664 who were 9,691 released sex offenders was remainder, the most serious crime was
<br /> reconvicted but not resentenced to 24.0%, compared to 47.8% for 262,420 a misdemeanor (not shown in table).
<br /> prison, plus 1,992 not reconvicted. non-sex offenders released in 1994 The 850 rapists reconvicted for any
<br /> (not shown in table). The 2,326 sex new crime included 617 (72.6%) whose
<br /> As previously explained, a total of offenders reconvicted for any new most serious reconviction offense was
<br /> 1,241 released sex offenders were crime included 1,672 (71.9%) whose a felony; the 1,473 reconvicted sexual
<br /> reconvicted but not resentenced to most serious conviction offense was a assaulters included 1,052 (71.4%) who
<br /> prison for their new crime. The 1,241 felony (not shown in table). Of the
<br /> included 664 (described immediately 262,420 non-sex offenders, 125,437 were reconvicted for a felony (not
<br /> above) who were returned to prison for (47.8%) were reconvicted, which shown in table).
<br /> a technical violation. The 664 were included 94,078 (75.0%) whose most
<br /> 54% of the 1,241, indicating that most serious reconviction offense was a
<br /> of those who were reconvicted but not felony (not shown in table).
<br /> given a new prison sentence were,
<br /> nevertheless, returned to prison.
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