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Recidivism Studies

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{sharethis}US Department of Justice, 2003
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/rsorp94pr.htm
• Sample size – 9,700 sex offenders

• Length of time – 3 years
• Re-offense trigger – reconviction (Doesn't mean a new sex crime)
• Results – 5.3% sexual offence. 3.3% child molestation.

 

Canada study. Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada, 2004
http://ww2.ps-sp.gc.ca/publications/corrections/200403-2_e.asp
• Length of study – 15 years.
• Sample size – 4,724 offenders
• Re-offense trigger: Meta-study including triggers ranging from “conviction for another sexual offense” to “violations of conditional release conditions” to “simply being questioned by police”
• Results: 24% after 15 years.



State Specific Recidivism Studies

* Alaska - (2007) http://www.ajc.state.ak.us/reports/1-07CriminalRecidivism.pdf

* Arizona - (1988 - 1998) http://www.azcorrections.gov/adc/Factsheets/factsheet_98-06.asp
Arizona, Department of Corrections, 2006
http://www.azcorrections.gov/FACTSHEETS/Fact%20Sheet%2098-06.htm
• Length of time – Ten years
• Sample size – 2,444 sex offenders
• Results – 3.2% returned for a new felony sex offense, 1.4% returned for a new felony case of child molestation
• Reoffense trigger – new conviction (Any conviction)

* Arkansas http://www.acic.org/statistics/Research/SO_Report_Final.pdf

* California - (2005 - 2006) http://www.law.stanford.edu/program/centers/scjc/workingpapers/JPeckenpaugh_06.pdf

* Colorado - (2003) http://dcj.state.co.us/ors/pdf/docs/WebTCpart1.pdf

* Delaware (2007) http://budget.delaware.gov/sac/publications/documents/recidivism_adult_2007.pdf

* Illinois (2002) http://www.icjia.state.il.us/public/pdf/ResearchReports/Long-termDuPageWinnebago.pdf

* Iowa - (2000 - Page 10) http://www.state.ia.us/government/dhr/cjjp/images/pdf/01_pub/SexOffenderReport.pdf

* Kentucky (2006) http://wcr.sonoma.edu/v07n1/01/sexoffender.pdf

* Michigan - (2000 - Page 184) http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Stat2000_51449_7.pdf
Michigan, Department of corrections, 2000
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Stat2000_51449_7.pdf
• Length of time – Ten Years
• Sample size – 70,989 offenders
• Results: 2.46% for sex offense, 6.11% counting technical violations.

* Minnesota - (2007) http://www.doc.state.mn.us/documents/04-07SexOffenderReport-Recidivism.pdf
Minnesota Department of Corrections, 1999
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:FSqlN1LCgcIJ:www.doc.state.mn.us/publications/pdf/1999%2520CBSOPEP%2520Report%2520to%2520the%2520Legislature.PDF+community-based+sex+offender+program+evaluation+project+minnesota+1999&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
• Sample size – 1,407 sex offenders
• Length of time – 6.3 years.
• Re-offense trigger – new arrest.
• Results – 9% arrested for new sex crime.

* Missouri - (2006) http://www.mosac.mo.gov/Documents/SOrecidivism.pdf

* New York - 2007 http://dpca.state.ny.us/pdfs/somgmtbulletinmay2007.pdf

* Ohio - (2006) http://www.ocjs.state.oh.us/Research/Sex%20Offender%20Report%20pdf.pdf
Ohio, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, 2001
http://www.drc.state.oh.us/web/Reports/Ten_Year_Recidivism.pdf
• Length of Study – 10 years
• Sample size – 14,261 offenders
• Re-offense trigger – re-incarceration
• Results: Total sex-related recidivism rate, including technical violations of supervision conditions, was 11%. New sex crime after 10 years – 8%,

* Oregon - (Page 7) http://www.oregon.gov/DOC/RESRCH/docs/Recid.pdf

* Pennsylvania - (2005) http://www.cor.state.pa.us/stats/lib/stats/SexOffenderResearch._2005.pdf

* Tennessee - (2007) http://www.tbi.state.tn.us/Info%20Systems%20Div/TIBRS_unit/Publications/Sex%20Offender%20Recidivism%202007%208-14-07.pdf

* Texas - (2005) http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/csot/csot_teffective.shtm

* Vermont - (2003) http://jiv.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/18/1/3
Vermont Department of Corrections, 2003
http://jiv.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/18/1/3
• Sample size – 195 sex offenders
• Length of time – 6 years
• Re-offense rate – not defined.
• Results – 5.4% for completed treatment, 30% for no-completed.

* Virginia - (2001) http://www.vcsc.state.va.us/sex_off_report.pdf
Virginia, Criminal Sentencing Commission,
http://www.vcsc.state.va.us/sex_off_report.pdf
• Length of time – 8 years.
• Sample size – 579 sex offenders
• Re-offense trigger – re-arrest (new crimes, sex and non-sex, and technical violations – including misdemeanors).
• Results – new sex offense arrests accounted for 14.6%

* Washington - 2005 http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/rptfiles/05-08-1202.pdf
Washington State, Department of Corrections, 2002
http://www.doc.wa.gov/budget/docs/publications/Recidivism20.pdf
• Length of time – 15 years
• Sample size – 65,000 offenders
• Re-offense trigger – return to prison (new convictions as well as parole violations).
• Results – 17%

* Wyoming - (2005 - Page 2) http://legisweb.state.wy.us/PubResearch/2005/05RM078r.pdf
Wyoming, Department of Corrections, 2005
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/PubResearch/2005/05RM078r.pdf
• Length of study – unknown
• Sample size – unknown
• Re-offense trigger – unknown
• Results: 4% to 5%.

 

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/rsorp94pr.htm

Highlights include the following:

* Released prisoners with the highest rearrest rates were robbers (70.2%), burglars (74.0%), larcenists (74.6%), motor vehicle thieves (78.8%), those in prison for possessing or selling stolen property (77.4%), and those in prison for possessing, using, or selling illegal weapons (70.2%).
* Within 3 years, 2.5% of released rapists were arrested for another rape, and 1.2% of those who had served time for homicide were arrested for homicide.
* The 272,111 offenders discharged in 1994 had accumulated 4.1 million arrest charges before their most recent imprisonment and another 744,000 charges within 3 years of release.
 

 

Charts


Arizona Dept. Of Corrections
http://roarforfreedom.org/charts/az_recidivism1984-1998.pdf

Arizona Dept. Of Corrections
# Sex Offender Recidivism by Time Period 1998-2000
http://roarforfreedom.org/charts/az_%20recidivismtimeperiod.pdf

Arizona Dept. Of Corrections
# Sex Offender Recidivism 1998-2006
http://roarforfreedom.org/charts/az_recidivism1998-2006.pdf

Tennessee Crime Statistics Unit
# Sex Offender Recidivism ( 2001)
http://roarforfreedom.org/charts/tn_sorecidivism2001.pdf

Alaska Judicial Council
# How Often Repeat Offenders Committed The Same Type Of Offense 2007
http://roarforfreedom.org/charts/ak_frequencyrepeatedsamecrime.pdf

Minnesota Dept. of Corrections
# Victim/Offender Relationship Including Male/Female Victims Of All Ages: 1990-2002 (2007)
http://roarforfreedom.org/charts/mn_victim-offenderrelationship.pdf

Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction
# Ten-Year Recidivism Follow-Up: Recidivism of sex offenders when PAST victim was a minor
http://roarforfreedom.org/charts/oh_recidivismpastvictimminor.pdf
   
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Bureau of Justice Statistics
# Age of sex offenders released, percent rearrested for any new sex crime (2003)
http://roarforfreedom.org/charts/doj_agereleased-percentrearrest.pdf

U.S. Dept. of Justice - Bureau of Justice Statistics
# Recidivism Rate of All released Sex Offenders (9,691) by New Victim Age (2003)
http://roarforfreedom.org/charts/doj_allreleasednewvictim.pdf

U.S. Dept. of Justice - Bureau of Justice Statistics
# Recidivism Rate of All Released Sex Offenders in 1994 (2003)
http://roarforfreedom.org/charts/doj_recidivismsexoffenders1994.pdf

U.S. Dept. of Justice - Bureau of Justice Statistics
# Recidivism of Paroled Sex Offenders Whose PAST Victim was a Minor (2003)
http://roarforfreedom.org/charts/doj_recidivismwhenpastvictimminor.pdf

U.S. Dept. of Justice - Bureau of Justice Statistics
# Victim/Offender Relationship When The Victim Was A Minor 17 Yrs. Of Age Or Younger (2003)
http://roarforfreedom.org/charts/doj_victim-offenderrelationship.pdf

Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction
# Ten-Year Recidivism Follow-Up: Victim/Offender Relationship When The Victim Was A Minor 17 Yrs. Of Age Or Younger
http://roarforfreedom.org/charts/oh_victim-offenderrelationship.pdf
   
Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction
# Ten-Year Recidivism Follow-Up: Sex Offender
Recidivism By Original Victim Age
http://roarforfreedom.org/charts/oh_recidivismvictimage.pdf

Washington State Institute for Public Policy
# Recidivism Rates of Washington State Sex Offenders: 1994-98 (2005)
http://roarforfreedom.org/charts/wa_sorecidivism1994-1998.pdf

Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction
# Ten-Year Recidivism Follow-Up: Recidivism
by Time Period: Child Molesters Extrafamilial only
http://roarforfreedom.org/charts/oh_recidivismtimeperiod.pdf

Minnesota Dept. of Corrections
# Sex Offender Recidivism in Minnesota by Time Period: 1990-2002 (2007)
http://roarforfreedom.org/charts/mn_sorecidivism1990-2002.pdf

Michigan Dept. of Corrections
# How Often Repeat Offenders Committed The Same Type Of Offense: 1990-2000 (2001)
http://roarforfreedom.org/charts/mi_howoftenrepeatedsamecrime.pdf

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