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recidivism
[ ri-sid-uh-viz-uhm ]
noun
- repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- Psychiatry. the chronic tendency toward repetition of criminal or antisocial behavior patterns.
recidivism
/ rɪˈsɪdɪˌvɪzəm /
noun
- habitual relapse into crime
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Derived Forms
- reˈcidivist, nounadjective
- reˌcidiˈvistic, adjective
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Other Words From
- re·cidi·vist noun adjective
- re·cidi·vistic re·cidi·vous adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of recidivism1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of recidivism1
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Example Sentences
So they did not come up with a system of sentencing guidelines that were based upon criminological data or recidivism statistics or anything else that might shed light.
Access to video visitations has been shown to decrease recidivism, facilitate reentry to the community and bolster parent-child relationships.
In Finland and Denmark, open prisons, which have minimal security and some of the lowest recidivism rates, also allow limited internet access.
Facebook has very little capacity to deal with recidivism, so it’s often the same people coming back after getting banned, often with the same name and the same photo.
Nemchik said the attorney’s office is confident that recidivism has remained low.
Violent criminals in America have shockingly high rates of recidivism.
Recidivism is part of the social contract in this society of freedom and justice for all.
The goal is to reduce the burden of prison costs while also reducing the recidivism rate.
The state believes that re-creating some of the trappings of military life in a prison setting might reduce recidivism.
He also suggested, however, that any recidivism would be met with a yanking of support.
The foregoing cases, while distinctly abnormal mentally, owe their recidivism to a qualitative rather than a quantitative defect.
Their recidivism is not due to an inability to distinguish between right and wrong.
In time we have come to realize that our punitive methods not only do not tend to do away with recidivism, but enhance it.
Some part of the recidivism here is undoubtedly due to the kind of occupations which a child can carry on while attending school.
The detailed study of criminal heredity and of criminal habit, or recidivism, scarcely forms part of criminal anthropology.
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More About Recidivism
What does recidivism mean?
Recidivism most commonly refers to the act of continuing to commit crimes after having been imprisoned for one and released.
In general, recidivism refers to a repeated or habitual relapse of any kind, but it is most often associated with crime and drug addiction. The verb form of recidivism is recidivate, which is synonymous with relapse. In psychology, recidivism refers to a repeated tendency to engage in crime or antisocial behavior.
Example: Statistics show that elderly people have a low recidivism rate—once released from prison, they rarely commit more crimes.
Where does recidivism come from?
The first records of recidivism come from the 1880s. It comes from the Latin recidīvus, meaning “relapsing,” from the Latin verb recid(ere), “to fall back.”
Fall back is used in many phrases related to relapsing, such as fall back into old habits and fall back into a life of crime. The word recidivism refers to the same thing but is used in a more formal and clinical way. It is especially discussed in the context of recidivism rates among convicted criminals—meaning the percentage of persons convicted and imprisoned for a crime who go on to commit another crime after their release (often called repeat offenders). Such rates are sometimes used to determine the length of prison sentences. Criminal justice reform advocates often emphasize the role of rehabilitation in reducing recidivism rates.
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What are some other forms related to recidivism?
- recidivist (noun, adjective)
- recidivistic (adjective)
- recidivous (adjective)
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How is recidivism used in real life?
Recidivism is typically used in serious contexts, especially in discussions about criminal justice.
Gov Kemp could be proactive and release thousands of elderly people from Georgia's prisons, starting now. Releasing older prisoners is incredibly low risk — the recidivism rate is ~3% — and this would dramatically reduce the stress on medical centers within prisons, AND spread.
— Hannah Riley (@hannahcrileyy) March 12, 2020
"In the two weeks following release, a prisoner’s risk of overdose is over 50 times higher than in the general population."
We should do everything we can to ensure prisoners are healthy and whole upon re-entering society, which reduces recidivism.https://t.co/waGW9eDNeS
— John Howard Society of Saskatchewan (@JHSocietySask) March 11, 2020
Really interesting article about a prison in Norway which treats inmates like humans. VERY low rate of recidivism. http://t.co/JmThkEZrPl
— Kristina Johnson (@wired2theworld) May 14, 2013
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Is recidivism used correctly in the following sentence?
This legislation is aimed at reducing the rate of recidivism among convicts who are on parole.
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