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Child molesters and statutory rapists Table 18. Rearrest rate of child molesters and statutory rapists released Among released prisoners with the from prison in 1994, by number of prior arrests for any type of crime smallest number of prior arrests (1 Number of adult arrests Child Statutory prior arrest), 23.3% of child molesters prior to 1994 release' molesters rapists and 25.6% of statutory rapists were Percent rearrested for any type rearrested for all types of crimes within of crime within 3 years 3 years (table 18). Rearrest rates ith each increase in the 1 Prior arrest for any type of crime 23.3% 25.6% generally rose w 2 28.0 29.3 number of prior arrests. Among 3 32.4 46.9 released prisoners with the largest 4 392 41.0 number of prior arrests (more than 15), 5 47.4 60.6 62.0% of child molesters and 76.2% of s 50.2 53.8 7-10 58.1 65.1 statutory rapists had at least 1 new 11-15 62.9 81.3 arrest after being released in 1994. 16 or more 62.0 76.2 Percent of released prisoners State where rearrested for any type of crime All sex offenders 100% 100% 1 prior arrest for any type of crime 232 19.4 2 17.2 13.1 The State where the rearrest occurred 3 12.1 11.1 was not always the State that released 4 8.5 8.8 the prisoner. In some cases, the 5 7.0 7.4 released sex offender left the State s 6.4 5.9 7-10 13.6 18.7 where he was imprisoned and was 11-15 7.3 10.8 rearrested for a new crime in a different 16 or more 4.8 4.7 State. For example, a sex offender Total released 4,295 443 released from prison in California may Note: The 4,295 child molesters were released in 15 States; the 443 statutory rapists in 11 have traveled to Nevada, where he was states. Because of overlapping definitions, all statutory rapists also appear under the column arrested for committing another crime. "child molesters." 'By definition, all sex offenders had at least one arrest prior to their release: namely, the arrest Sex offenders responsible for their being in prison in 1994. In this table, that arrest is counted as 1 prior arrest. Rearrested sex offenders had a higher were rearrested for any new crime A total of 4,163 sex offenders were percentage: 1 in 6 of their rearrests for (table 19). For 17.4% of the 1,432 rearrested for some type of new crime any type of crime were in a State other rearrested rapists, and 15.2% of the after their 1994 release. Of the 4,163 than the one that released them. 2,731 rearrested sexual assaulters, the arrests, 16.0% - or 1 in 6 - were place where the arrest occurred was in outside the State where the prisoner Rapists and sexual assaulters a different State than the one that was released (table 19). The rest released them. (84.0%) were made in the State that Following their 1994 release, 1,432 released them. rapists and 2,731 sexual assaulters Sex offenders compared to non-sex offenders Table 19. Where sex offenders were rearrested for any new crime following release from prison in 1994, by type of sex offender The 15 States in this study released 262,420 non-Sex offenders in 1994, of Percent of rearrested prisoners whom 179,391 were rearrested for a State where rearrested Sexual new crime within 3 years (not shown in within 3 years All Rapists assaulters table). Of the 179,391 arrests for any Total 100% 100% 100% type of crime, 1 1.2%, or 20,092 arrests, same State where released 84.0 82.6 84.8 were arrests that occurred outside the Another State 16.0 17.4 15.2 State that released them. Total rearrested for any new crime 4,163 1,432 2,731 Note: The 4,163 rearrested sex offenders were released in 15 States, but table percentages are based on 14 States. 22 Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 19 4 5A-71