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Assuming that the 209 sex offenders <br />who were rearrested for a sex crime <br />against a child each victimized no more <br />than one child, the number of sex <br />crimes they committed against children <br />after their prison release totaled 209. <br />Assuming that the 1,042 non -sex <br />offenders rearrested for a sex crime <br />against a child after their release also <br />victimized only one child, the number of <br />sex crimes against a child that they <br />committed was 1,042. The combined <br />total number of sex crimes is 1,251 <br />(209 plus 1,042 = 1,251). Released sex <br />offenders accounted for 17% and <br />released non -sex offenders accounted <br />for 83% of the 1,251 sex crimes <br />against children committed by all the <br />prisoners released in 1994 (209 / 11251 <br />= 17% and 1,042 / 1,251 = 83 %). <br />Rapists and sexual assaulters <br />Following their 1994 release, 1.4% of <br />the 3,115 rapists (44 men) and 2.5% of <br />the 6,576 sexual assaulters (165 men) <br />were rearrested for molesting a child <br />(table 34). <br />Child molesters and statutory rapists <br />Within 3 years following their release <br />from prison in 1994, 141 (3.3 %) of the <br />released 4,295 child molesters and 11 <br />(2.5 %) of the 443 released statutory <br />rapists were rearrested for molesting <br />another child (table 35). For the <br />reasons outlined earlier, these percent- <br />ages undercount actual rearrest rates <br />by a few percentage points at most. <br />Each of the 141 released molesters <br />rearrested for repeating their crime <br />represented at least 1 child victim. Of <br />the conservatively estimated 141 <br />children allegedly molested by released <br />child molesters, 79% were age 13 or <br />younger, 9% were 14 or 15 years of <br />age, and 12% were ages 16 or 17. <br />Table 35. Of child molesters and statutory rapists released from prison <br />in 1994, percent rearrested for a sex crime against a child, <br />and percent of their alleged victims, by age of victim <br />Percent rearrested for a sex <br />crime against a child within 3 years <br />Child Statutory <br />molesters rapists <br />Total 3.3% 2.5% <br />Number released 4,295 443 <br />Age of child that sex offender was Percent of <br />charged with molesting after release allegedly molested children <br />13 or younger 79.2% 30.0 *% <br />14 -15 9.1 10.0* <br />16 -17 11.7 60.0* <br />Number of molested children 141 11 <br />Note: The 4,295 child molesters were released 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." The approximate ages of the children allegedly molested by the 141 prisoners <br />after their release were available for 54.6% of the 141. "Number of molested children" was set to <br />equal the number of released sex offenders rearrested for child molesting. <br />*Percentage based on 10 or fewer cases. <br />Prior arrest for a sex crime <br />against a child <br />All sex offenders <br />After their 1994 release from prison, <br />sex offenders with a prior arrest for <br />child molesting were more likely to be <br />arrested for child molesting (6.4 %) than <br />those who had no arrest record for sex <br />with a child (1.7 %) (table 36). <br />Table 36. Of sex offenders released from prison in 1994, percent rearrested <br />for a sex crime against a child, by prior arrest for a sex crime <br />against a child and type of sex offender <br />Sexual <br />Arrest prior to 1994 release All Rapists assaulters <br />Percent rearrested for a sex crime <br />against a child within 3 years <br />Total 2.2% 1.4% 2.5% <br />The arrest responsible for their <br />being in prison in 1994 was -* <br />Their first arrest for a sex crime against a child 1.7 1.3 1.9 <br />Not their first arrest for a sex crime against a child 6.4 4.0 6.9 <br />Percent of released prisoners <br />Total 100% 100% 100% <br />The arrest responsible for their <br />being in prison in 1994 was - * <br />Their first arrest for a sex crime against a child 89.7 94.3 87.5 <br />Not their first arrest for a sex crime against a child 10.3 5.7 12.5 <br />Total released 9,691 3,115 6,576 <br />Note: The 9,691 sex offenders were released in 15 States. <br />*By definition, all sex offenders had at least 1 arrest prior to their release: namely, the arrest <br />responsible for their being in prison in 1994. "First arrest for a sex crime against a child" <br />pertains exclusively to those released prisoners whose first arrest was the sex <br />offense arrest responsible for their being in prison in 1994. <br />Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 1994 31 <br />