conviction
noun
a fixed or firm belief.
reconviction
-
a word derived from
conviction.
Example Sentences
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According to a report by Statistics Austria, the reconviction rate in 2022 was 30%.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2023
A 2008 study by Alison Laichter, a graduate student at Columbia University, showed that participants in the GreenHouse program had a 40 percent lower rate of reconviction than inmates in the general prison population.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2019
Continuing education’s positive impact in preventing re-arrest and reconviction extends to sex offenders, in some categories of offense.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2019
Ministers said reconviction rates were at their lowest in 13 years.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2012
Question: Ought prisoners on reconviction to be subjected to more severe disciplinary treatment than on the first sentence?
From The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences by Hosea Quinby
