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Table 10. Recidivism rate of child molesters and statutory rapists released <br />from prison in 1994, by type of recidivism measure and time after release <br />Cumulative percent of sex offenders <br />released from prison in 1994 <br />Time after Child Statutory <br />1994 release molesters rapists <br />Rearrested for any type <br />of crime within — <br />6 months 16.0% 18.5% <br />1 year 22.9 29.8 <br />2 years 32.9 42.4 <br />3 years 39.4 49.9 <br />Reconvicted for any type <br />of crime within <br />6 months 3.0% 4.5% <br />1 year 7.1 13.6 <br />2 years 14.5 24.4 <br />3 years 20.4 32.7 <br />Returned to prison with a new <br />sentence for any type of crime within —° <br />6 months 1.5% 0.9% <br />1 year 3.1 4.0 <br />2 years 6.5 9.3 <br />3 years 9.1 13.2 <br />Total released 4,295 443 <br />Note: The 4,295 child molesters were released in 15 States; <br />the 443 statutory rapists in 11 States. Because of overlapping <br />definitions, all statutory rapists also appear under the column "child molesters." <br />'Because of missing data, prisoners released in Ohio were <br />excluded from the calculation of percent reconvicted. <br />"'New sentence" includes new sentences to State or Federal prisons <br />but not to local jails. Because of missing data, prisoners released in Ohio <br />and Virginia were excluded from the calculation of percentage returned to prison <br />with a new sentence. <br />Child molesters and statutory rapists <br />Of the 4,295 released child molesters, <br />1,693 (39.4 %) were rearrested during <br />the 3 -year followup period (table 10). <br />The majority of those charged (approxi- <br />mately 982 of the 1,693, or 58 %) were <br />charged in the first 12 months. While <br />49.9% of released statutory rapists <br />were rearrested within 3 years, nearly <br />three -fifths of those rearrests occurred <br />within the first year following release <br />(29.8% / 49.9% = 60 %). <br />Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 1994 17 <br />