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Number of prior arrests <br />for any type of crime <br />Statistics on prior arrests in this section <br />of the report do include the imprison- <br />ment offense of the released sex <br />offender. <br />All sex offenders <br />The number of times a prisoner was <br />arrested in the past was a relatively <br />good predictor of whether that prisoner <br />would continue his criminality after re- <br />lease (table 17). Prisoners with just one <br />prior arrest for any type of crime had a <br />24.8% rearrest rate for all types of <br />crimes. With two priors, the percent- <br />age rearrested rose to 31.9 %. With <br />three, it increased to 36.9 %. With four, <br />it went up to 42.6 %. With additional <br />priors, there were further increases, <br />ultimately reaching a rearrest rate of <br />67.0% for released prisoners with the <br />longest criminal record (more than 15 <br />prior arrests). <br />Rapists and sexual assaulters <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 />Table 17. Rearrest rate of sex offenders released from prison in 1994, <br />by type of sex offender and number of prior arrests for any type of crime <br />Number of adult arrests Sexual <br />prior to 1994 release* All Rapists assaulters <br />Percent rearrested for any type <br />of crime within 3 years <br />1 prior arrest for any type of crime <br />24.8% <br />28.3% <br />23.6% <br />2 <br />31.9 <br />36.4 <br />29.9 <br />3 <br />36.9 <br />36.3 <br />37.1 <br />4 <br />42.6 <br />47.2 <br />40.4 <br />5 <br />50.5 <br />48.6 <br />51.6 <br />6 <br />49.7 <br />47.3 <br />50.9 <br />7 -10 <br />59.0 <br />59.6 <br />58.6 <br />11 -15 <br />65.1 <br />63.7 <br />66.0 <br />16 or more <br />67.0 <br />66.1 <br />67.5 <br />Percent of released prisoners <br />All sex offenders <br />100% <br />100% <br />100% <br />1 prior arrest for any type of crime <br />21.5 <br />16.9 <br />23.7 <br />2 <br />16.0 <br />15.2 <br />16.3 <br />3 <br />11.9 <br />12.1 <br />11.8 <br />4 <br />9.0 <br />9.2 <br />8.9 <br />5 <br />7.2 <br />8.0 <br />6.8 <br />6 <br />6.3 <br />6.6 <br />6.1 <br />7 -10 <br />14.4 <br />15.8 <br />13.8 <br />11 -15 <br />7.9 <br />8.9 <br />7.4 <br />16 or more <br />5.8 <br />7.2 <br />5.2 <br />Total released <br />9,691 <br />3,115 <br />6,576 <br />Note: The 9,691 sex offenders were released in 15 States. <br />*By definition, all sex offenders had <br />at least 1 <br />arrest prior to their release: namely, the arrest <br />responsible for their being in prison in 1994. <br />In this table, that arrest is counted as 1 prior arrest. <br />Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 1994 21 <br />