Data Source: Based on Table 2 of "Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from State Prison: A 9-Year Follow-up (2005-2014), Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2019. Note that arrest does not indicate conviction or actual guilt. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2019)
This graph originally appeared in BJS fuels myths about sex offense recidivism, contradicting its own new data.
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