April 2001:EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The baseline recidivism rate of sex offenders followed-up for ten years after release from prison was 34%. (That is both sex offenses and non sex offenses and technical violations.)
This rate was comprised of:
Recommitment for a New Crime 22.3% (Sex Offense 8.0% -and- Non-Sex Offense 14.3%)
Recommitment for a Technical Violation 11.7% (Sex Offense 1.3% -and- Sex Lapse 1.7% -and- Non-sex Related 8.7%)
The total sex-related recidivism rate, including technical violations of
supervision conditions, was 11.0%.
Recidivism rates differed considerably based on a victim typology:
| Sex Offender Type | General Recidivism | Sex Recidivism |
| Rapists (adult victims) | 56.6% | 17.5% |
| Child Molester – extrafamilial | 29.2% | 8.7% |
| Child Molester – incest | 13.2% | 7.4% |
Sex offenders who returned for a new sex related offense did so within a few years of release. Of all the sex offenders who came back to an Ohio prison for a new sex offense, one half did so within two years, and two-thirds within three years.
Paroled Sex offenders completing basic sex offender programming (level 1) while incarcerated appeared to have a somewhat lower recidivism rate than those who did not have programming. This was true both for recidivism of any type (33.9% with programming recidivated compared with 55.3% without programming) and sex-related recidivism (7.1% with programming recidivated compared with 16.5% without programming). ..more.. by State of Ohio, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
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