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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sentenced to prison for a sex crime against a child. At the time they committed their imprisonment offense, most (62.9 %) were age 30 and older, and most (60.3 %) molested a child who was age 13 or younger (table 38). Some of the victims were below age 7. Nearly half of the men (48.4 %) were 20 years or more older than the child they were imprisoned for molesting. Among the men who were in prison for molesting a child age 13 or younger and who were released in 1994 for that crime, 2.8% were subsequently arrested for molesting another child. Of those whose imprisonment offense was against a 14- or 15- year -old, 3.7% had a new arrest for child molesting after their release. Of the men who were in prison for molesting a 16- or 17- year -old, 1.2% were arrested by police for molesting another child after leaving prison in 1994. Among the men who were 20 years or more older than the child they were imprisoned for molesting, 2.5% were rearrested for another sex offense against a child within the first 3 years following their release. That is a lower rate than the 3.2% rate for men who were 10 to 19 years older than the child victim in their imprisonment offense, and compared to the 3.6% for those 5 to 9 years older than the victim in their imprisonment offense. State where rearrested for a sex crime against a child When sex offenders were arrested for new sex crimes against children after their release, the new arrest typically occurred in the same State that released them. Those arrests are referred to as "in- State" arrests. When arrests occurred in a different State, they are referred to as 'but -of- State." All sex offenders Of the 9,691 sex offenders, 209 were rearrested for child molesting after their release from prison in 1994 (table 39). In 180 cases (86.3 %), the alleged crime took place in the State that released him. In the 29 others (13.7 %), it occurred elsewhere. Sex offenders compared to non -sex offenders The 15 States in this study released 262,420 non -sex offenders in 1994, of whom 1,042 were rearrested for a sex crime against a child (not shown in table). Of the 1,042 arrests, 11 % were out -of -State rearrests. The comparable figure for released sex offenders was higher: 14% (table 39). Rapists and sexual assaulters Forty -four released rapists and 165 released sexual assaulters were rearrested for a sex crime against a child within 3 years. Out -of -State arrests for child molesting accounted for 13.5% of the 44 rearrested rapists and 13.7% of the 165 rearrested sexual assaulters. Child molesters and statutory rapists Police arrested 141 of the 4,295 released child molesters for repeating their crime (table 40). For 126 of them (89.2 %), the new arrest for child molesting was in the same State that released them. For 15 (10.8 %), the new charges for child molesting were filed in a different State. Of the 443 statutory rapists released from prison in 1994, 11 were rearrested for child molesting. All 11 of the arrests were in the same State that released the men. Table 39. Where sex offenders were rearrested for a sex crime against a child following their release from prison in 1994, by type of sex offender Percent of rearrested prisoners State where rearrested Sexual within 3 years All Rapists assaulters Total 100% 100% 100% Same State where released 86.3 86.5 86.3 Another State 13.7 13.5 13.7 Total rearrested for a new sex crime against a child 209 44 165 Note: The 209 rearrested sex offenders were released in 10 States, but table percentages are based on 9 States. Table 40. Where child molesters and statutory rapists were rearrested for a sex crime against a child following their release from prison in 1994 Percent of rearrested prisoners Child Statutory State where rearrested within 3 years molesters rapists Total 100% 100% Same State where released 89.2 100 Another State 10.8 0 Total rearrested for a new sex crime against a child 141 11 Note: The 141 rearrested child molesters were released in 9 States, but table percentages are based on 8 States. The 11 rearrested statutory rapists were released in 3 States, but table percentages are based on 2 States. Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 1994 33