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Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from State Prison: A 9-Year Follow-Up (2005-14) (2019)

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) used criminal history data and prisoner records to analyze the post-release offending patterns of former prisoners both within and outside of the state where they were imprisoned. This is BJS’s first recidivism study on sex offenders with a 9-year follow-up period.