NS-2832 - Amending Chapter 10, Article XII of Santa Ana Municipal Code Pertaining to Proximity of Registered Sex Offenders to Children's Facilities

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Time to rearrest All sex offenders Within 6 months following their release, 1.4% of the 9,691 men were rearrested for a new sex crime (table 23). Within 1 year the cumulative total grew to 2.1 % rearrested. By the end of the 3 -year followup period, altogether 5.3% had been rearrested for another sex crime. The first year was the period when 40% of the new sex crimes were committed (since 2.1% / 5.3% = 40 %). Rapists and sexual assaulters The first year following release accounted for 40% of the new sex crimes committed by both released rapists (since 2.0% / 5.0% = 40 %) and released sexual assaulters (since 2.2% / 5.5% = 40 %). Child molesters and statutory rapists For child molesters and statutory rapists, the first year following their release was the period when the largest number of recidivists were rearrested. Similar to rapists and sexual assaulters, about 40% of the arrests for new sex crimes committed by child molesters and statutory rapists occurred during the first year (table 24) Demographic characteristics All sex offenders Race Among sex offenders released from prison in 1994, black men (5.6 %) and white men (5.3 %) were about equally likely to be rearrested for another sex crime (table 25). Table 23. Of sex offenders released from prison in 1994, percent rearrested for any new sex crime, by type of sex offender and time after release Cumulative percent rearrested for any new sex crime within specified time Time after Sexual 1994 release All Rapists assaulters 6 months 1.4% 1.3% 1.4% 1 year 2.1 2.0 2.2 2 years 3.9 3.7 4.1 3 years 5.3 5.0 5.5 Total released 9,691 3,115 6,576 Note: The 9,691 sex offenders were released in 15 States. Table 24. Of child molesters and statutory rapists released from prison in 1994, percent rearrested for any new sex crime, by time after release Cumulative percent rearrested for any new sex crime within specified time Time after Child Statutory 1994 release molesters rapists 6 months 1.3% 1.4% 1 year 2.2 2.0 2 years 3.9 3.2 3 years 5.1 5.0 Total released 4,295 443 Note: The 4,295 child molesters were released in 15 States; the 443 statutory rapists in 11 States. Because of overlapping definitions, all statutory rapists also appear under the column "child molesters." Hispanic origin Among released sex offenders, non - Hispanics were more likely to be rearrested for a new sex offense (6.4 %) than Hispanics (4.1 %). One reason for the lower rearrest rate for Hispanics may be that some were deported immediately following their release. Age Recidivism studies typically find that, the older the prisoner when released, the lower the rate of recidi- vism. Results reported here on re- leased sex offenders did not follow the familiar pattern. While the lowest rate of rearrest for a sex crime (3.3 %) did belong to the oldest sex offenders (those age 45 or older), other compari- sons between older and younger prisoners did not consistently show older prisoners' having the lower rearrest rate. Table 25. Of sex offenders released from prison in 1994, percent rearrested for any new sex crime, by demographic characteristics of released prisoners Percent of released sex offenders rearrested for Prisoner any new sex crime within characteristic 3 vears Total released 5.3% Race 6.4 White 5.3% Black 5.6 Other 4.4 Hispanic origin Hispanic 4.1% Non - Hispanic 6.4 Age at release 18 -24 6.1% 25 -29 5.5 30 -34 5.8 35 -39 6.1 40 -44 5.6 45 or older 3.3 Total released 9.691 Note: The 9,691 sex offenders were released in 15 States. Data identifying race were reported for 98.5% of 9,691 released sex offenders; Hispanic origin for 82.5 %; age for virtually 100 %. Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 1994 25