Department of Justice: Victim Offender Relationships

Bureau of Justice Victim/Offender Relationships Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 1994, 11/03 NCJ 198281, the largest study of recidivism ever. However, there was one key piece of information not available to the researchers, "victim/offender" relationships. To resolve that the DOJ extrapolated from BJS Survey of "Inmates in State Correctional Facilities, 1997" data on 73,116 prisoners who reported having one victim. Those prisoners represented 84% of all incarcerated male sex offenders in 1997 NATIONWIDE. This chart shows the 73,116 victim/offender relationships. See pg-36 this study. Relevant highlights: Victims who are under 18 years old were 70.5% of all victims, of that, 51.6% were 12 or under, and, 48.4% were between 13 and 17.

Department of Justice: Victim/Offender Relationship Statistics "Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 1994" (NCJ 198281 Pub 2003) All: Family 35.7% Friends & Acquaintances 48.7% Stranger 15.6% over 18: Family 10.6% Friends & Acquaintances 55.0% Stranger 34.4% under 18: Family 46.5% Friends & Acquaintances 46.8% Stranger 6.7% The Victim was the Offender's --- All Victim/s were over 18 Victim/s were under 18 Spouse 1.1% (804) 3.8% (796) 0.0% Ex-Spouse 0.6% (438) 2.0% (419) 0.0% Parent / Step parent 0.6% (438) 0.4% (84) 0.6% (300) Own Child 11.5% (8,409) 1.4% (293) 15.7% (7,854) Step Child 11.2% (8,189) 0.4% (84) 15.8% (7,904) Sibling / Step sibling 1.3% (950) 0.4% (84) 1.7% (850) Other Relative 9.4% (6,873) 2.1% (440) 12.7% (6,354) Family total-- 35.7% (26,101) 10.6% (2,200) 46.5% (23,262) Boy / Girl friend 5.5% (4021) 8.2% (1,719) 4.4% (2,202) Ex-Boy / Girl friend 1.1% (804) 2.0% (419) 0.8% (400) Friend / Ex-Friend 22.7% (16,599) 24.8% (5,198) 22.0% (11,006) Acquaintance / Other 19.4% (14,186) 20.1% (4,213) 19.6% (9,806) Friends & Acquaintances total-- 48.7% (35,610) 55% (11,549) 46.8% (23,414) Stranger 15.6%(11,406) 34.4% (7,209) 6.7% (3,351) Stranger total-- 15.6 % (11,406) 34.4% (7,209) 6.7% (3,351) Grand total-- 100 % (73,116) 100% (20,958) 100% (50,027) Construction of chart- DOJ Pg-36 chart: "Characteristics of victims of rape or sexual assault, for which male inmates were serving a sentence in State prisons, 1997" indicates those stats were extrapolated from 1997 BJS Survey of "Inmates in State Correctional Facilities." Using only the victim offender portion of that pg-36 chart, and applying those percentages to the 73,116 cases, this chart was created showing specific victim offender relationship numbers and percentages. News & Noteworthy ©, Copyright 2006-2013 All Rights Reserved (eAdvocate)