Correction: Sexual offenders have an unusually low rate of recidivism (about 7% IIRC); There is certainly a strong false perception that they have a high rate of recidivism, though.
Correct, the recidivism rate for sexual offenses is generally lower than for the general criminal population in the United States, although the rate calculated varies a lot based on the metric and type of offense. See here . Quoting from that page:
“Marshall and Barbaree (1990) found in their review of studies that the recidivism rate for specific types of offenders varied:
* Incest offenders ranged between 4 and 10 percent.
* Rapists ranged between 7 and 35 percent.
* Child molesters with female victims ranged between 10 and 29 percent.
* Child molesters with male victims ranged between 13 and 40 percent.
* Exhibitionists ranged between 41 and 71 percent."
This is in contrast to base rates for reoffense in the US for general crimes which ranges from around 40% to 60% depending on the metric see here.
This isn’t the only example where recidivism rates for specific types of people have been poorly described. There’s been a large deal made by certain political groups that about 20% of people released from Gitmo went on to fight the US.
Note also that in Western Europe recividism for the general criminal population is lower. I believe that the recidivism rate for sexual offenses does not seem to correspondingly drop, but I don’t have a citation for that.
Edit: Last claim may be wrong, this article suggests that at least in the UK recidivism rates are close to those in the US for the general criminal population.
Note also that in Western Europe recividism for the general criminal population is lower.
Edit: Last claim may be wrong, this article suggests that at least in the UK recidivism rates are close to those in the US for the general criminal population.
You might still be mostly correct about Western Europe—the UK could be an outlier relative to the rest of Western Europe.
See my reply to Savageorange where I gave the statistics and citations here. Savage is correct although the phenomenon isn’t as strong as Savage makes it out to be.
Correction: Sexual offenders have an unusually low rate of recidivism (about 7% IIRC); There is certainly a strong false perception that they have a high rate of recidivism, though.
Correct, the recidivism rate for sexual offenses is generally lower than for the general criminal population in the United States, although the rate calculated varies a lot based on the metric and type of offense. See here . Quoting from that page:
“Marshall and Barbaree (1990) found in their review of studies that the recidivism rate for specific types of offenders varied:
This is in contrast to base rates for reoffense in the US for general crimes which ranges from around 40% to 60% depending on the metric see here.
This isn’t the only example where recidivism rates for specific types of people have been poorly described. There’s been a large deal made by certain political groups that about 20% of people released from Gitmo went on to fight the US.
Note also that in Western Europe recividism for the general criminal population is lower. I believe that the recidivism rate for sexual offenses does not seem to correspondingly drop, but I don’t have a citation for that.
Edit: Last claim may be wrong, this article suggests that at least in the UK recidivism rates are close to those in the US for the general criminal population.
You might still be mostly correct about Western Europe—the UK could be an outlier relative to the rest of Western Europe.
Citation, please?
See my reply to Savageorange where I gave the statistics and citations here. Savage is correct although the phenomenon isn’t as strong as Savage makes it out to be.