Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The repeating of or returning to criminal behavior by the same offender or type of offender.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Relapse into crime; the conduct or condition of a recidivist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Criminology) The state or quality of being recidivous; relapse
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Committing new
offenses after being punished for acrime . - noun psychology, psychiatry
Chronic repetition ofcriminal or otherantisocial behavior.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun habitual relapse into crime
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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What we know about recidivism is around the age of 30 or so, most males, which are predominately the people in these systems, drop in terms of their risk.
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What we know about recidivism is around the age of 30 or so, most males, which are predominately the people in these systems, drop in terms of their risk.
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The statistics on what is called recidivism, i.e. sliding back into old eating and exercise patterns, are clear.
Judith J. Wurtman, PhD: Overeating Flare-Ups: Are They the Cause of Chronic Obesity?
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The statistics on what is called recidivism, i.e. sliding back into old eating and exercise patterns, are clear.
Judith J. Wurtman, PhD: Overeating Flare-Ups: Are They the Cause of Chronic Obesity?
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The very least we can do to reduce recidivism is not slap a penalty on to people the moment they are released.
Drinking alcohol is not a crime, even for prisoners on parole
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Of course, recidivism is high, so three strikes and out laws move people to life sentences.
Why Aren’t There More Old Criminals? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
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And really to get a long-term recidivism study, it's going to take maybe two, three, four years to be able to track people.
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The statistics on what is called recidivism, i.e. sliding back into old eating and exercise patterns, are clear.
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The statistics on what is called recidivism, i.e. sliding back into old eating and exercise patterns, are clear.
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The statistics on what is called recidivism, i.e. sliding back into old eating and exercise patterns, are clear.
kiltwraith commented on the word recidivism
repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
March 18, 2009