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Child molesters and statutory rapists <br />Among released prisoners with the <br />smallest number of prior arrests (1 <br />prior arrest), 23.3% of child molesters <br />and 25.6% of statutory rapists were <br />rearrested for all types of crimes within <br />3 years (table 18). Rearrest rates <br />generally rose with each increase in the <br />number of prior arrests. Among <br />released prisoners with the largest <br />number of prior arrests (more than 15), <br />62.0% of child molesters and 76.2% of <br />statutory rapists had at least 1 new <br />arrest after being released in 1994. <br />State where rearrested for any <br />type of crime <br />The State where the rearrest occurred <br />was not always the State that released <br />the prisoner. In some cases, the <br />released sex offender left the State <br />where he was imprisoned and was <br />rearrested for a new crime in a different <br />State. For example, a sex offender <br />released from prison in California may <br />have traveled to Nevada, where he was <br />arrested for committing another crime. <br />Sex offenders <br />A total of 4,163 sex offenders were <br />rearrested for some type of new crime <br />after their 1994 release. Of the 4,163 <br />arrests, 16.0% - or 1 in 6 - were <br />outside the State where the prisoner <br />was released (table 19). The rest <br />(84.0 %) were made in the State that <br />released them. <br />Sex offenders compared <br />to non -sex offenders <br />The 15 States in this study released <br />262,420 non -sex offenders in 1994, of <br />whom 179,391 were rearrested for a <br />new crime within 3 years (not shown in <br />table). Of the 179,391 arrests for any <br />type of crime, 11.2 %, or 20,092 arrests, <br />were arrests that occurred outside the <br />State that released them. <br />Table 18. Rearrest rate of child molesters and statutory rapists released <br />from prison in 1994, by number of prior arrests for any type of crime <br />Number of adult arrests Child Statutory <br />prior to 1994 release* molesters rapists <br />Percent rearrested for any type <br />of crime within 3 years <br />1 prior arrest for any type of crime <br />23.3% <br />25.6% <br />2 <br />28.0 <br />29.3 <br />3 <br />32.4 <br />46.9 <br />4 <br />39.2 <br />41.0 <br />5 <br />47.4 <br />60.6 <br />6 <br />50.2 <br />53.8 <br />7 -10 <br />58.1 <br />65.1 <br />11 -15 <br />62.9 <br />81.3 <br />16 or more <br />62.0 <br />76.2 <br />Percent of released prisoners <br />All sex offenders <br />100% <br />100% <br />1 prior arrest for any type of crime <br />23.2 <br />19.4 <br />2 <br />17.2 <br />13.1 <br />3 <br />12.1 <br />11.1 <br />4 <br />8.5 <br />8.8 <br />5 <br />7.0 <br />7.4 <br />6 <br />6.4 <br />5.9 <br />7 -10 <br />13.6 <br />18.7 <br />11 -15 <br />7.3 <br />10.8 <br />16 or more <br />4.8 <br />4.7 <br />Total released <br />4,295 <br />443 <br />Note: The 4,295 child molesters were released <br />in 15 States; the 443 statutory rapists in 11 <br />States. Because of overlapping definitions, all statutory rapists also appear under the column <br />"child molesters." <br />*By definition, all sex offenders had at least one 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 />Rearrested sex offenders had a higher <br />percentage: 1 in 6 of their rearrests for <br />any type of crime were in a State other <br />than the one that released them. <br />Rapists and sexual assaulters <br />Following their 1994 release, 1,432 <br />rapists and 2,731 sexual assaulters <br />were rearrested for any new crime <br />(table 19). For 17.4% of the 1,432 <br />rearrested rapists, and 15.2% of the <br />2,731 rearrested sexual assaulters, the <br />place where the arrest occurred was in <br />a different State than the one that <br />released them. <br />Table 19. Where sex offenders were rearrested for any new crime following <br />release from prison in 1994, by type of sex offender <br />Percent of rearrested prisoners <br />State where rearrested Sexual <br />within 3 years All Rapists assaulters <br />Total 100% 100% 100% <br />Same State where released 84.0 82.6 84.8 <br />Another State 16.0 17.4 15.2 <br />Total rearrested for any new crime 4,163 1,432 2,731 <br />Note: The 4,163 rearrested sex offenders were released in 15 States, <br />but table percentages are based on 14 States. <br />22 Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 1994 <br />