recidivism
IPA: rʌsˈɪdɪvɪzʌm
noun
- Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past.
- (psychology, psychiatry) Chronic repetition of criminal or other antisocial behavior.
- (by extension) Returning to a negative behavior after having stopped it for a period of time.
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Examples of "recidivism" in Sentences
- The expressed intent is to avoid recidivism.
- The focus of recidivism studies may vary widely.
- This is the highest recidivism rate in the nation.
- Does anybody have any info on the recidivism rates
- In doing this, they added to the rate of recidivism.
- Either recidivism or boredom appears to have set in.
- The recidivism rates also have seen interesting results.
- The answer is to turn to statisitics on recidivism rates.
- As I posted on the workshop, recidivism is a problem here.
- Recidivism is the type of thing that takes longitudinal studies to measure.
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