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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Number of prior arrests Table 17. Rearrest rate of sex offenders released from prison in 1994, <br /> for any type of crime by type of sex offender and number of prior arrests for any type of crime <br /> Statistics on prior arrests in this section Number of adult arrests Sexual <br /> of the report do include the imprison- prior to 1994 release' All Rapists assaulters <br /> ment offense of the released sex Percent rearrested for any type <br /> offender. of crime within 3 years <br /> 1 prior arrest for any type of crime 24.8% 28.3% 23.6% <br /> All sex offenders 2 31.9 36.4 29.9 <br /> 3 36.9 36.3 37.1 <br /> The number of times a prisoner was 4 42.6 47.2 40.4 <br /> 1-6 <br /> arrested in the past was a relatively 5 50.5 48.6 5 <br /> Y 6 49.7 47.3 509 <br /> 0.9 <br /> good predictor of whether that prisoner 7-10 59.0 59.6 58.6 <br /> would continue his criminality after re- 11-15 65.1 63.7 66.0 <br /> lease (table 17). Prisoners with just one 16 or more 67.0 66.1 67.5 <br /> prior arrest for any type of crime had a Percent of released prisoners <br /> 24.8% rearrest rate for all types of All sex offenders 100% 100% 100% <br /> crimes. With two priors, the percent- 1 prior arrest for any type of crime 21.5 16.9 23.7 <br /> age rearrested rose to 31.9%. With 2 16.0 15.2 16.3 <br /> three, it increased to 36.9%. With four, 3 11.9 12.1 11.8 <br /> it went up to 42.6%. With additional 4 9.0 9.2 8.9 <br /> priors, there were further increases, 5 7.2 8. 6.8 <br /> 6 6.3 6.6 6 6.1 <br /> ultimately reaching a rearrest rate of 7-10 14.4 15.8 13.8 <br /> 67.0% for released prisoners with the 11-15 7.9 8.9 7.4 <br /> longest criminal record (more than 15 16 or more 5.8 7.2 5.2 <br /> prior arrests). -total released 9,691 3,115 6,576 <br /> Note: The 9,691 sex offenders were released in 15 States. <br /> - Rapists and sexual assaulters '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 /> 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 /> Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 1994 21 <br /> 5OA-70 <br />