RECIDIVISM

Recidivism

Recidivism is the act of a person repeating an undesirable behavior after they have either experienced negative consequences of that behavior, or have been treated or trained to extinguish that behavior. It is also used to refer to the percentage of former prisoners who are rearrested for a similar offense.

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recidivism

Noun

  1. Committing new offenses after being punished for a crime.
    The increase in criminal activity was attributed to recidivism.
  2. Chronic repetition of criminal or other antisocial behavior.


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