Recidivism

What is Recidivism?


1.

1. repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.

2. Psychiatry. the chronic tendency toward repetition of criminal or antisocial behavior patterns.

a repeated offender of grand theft auto and drug user, ---- is one example of recidivism, he has repeated and fallen back to his old ways.

See recidivism, recidivist, relapse, anti-social

2.

When a parolee does not check in with his parole officer or abide by the conditions of his parole and is sent back to prison over and over as a result.

Johnny has been incarcerated five times in five years this is called recidivism.


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