The repetition of criminal or delinquent behavior.
A return to offending behavior after a period of abstinence or being offense-free. ("People who practice Relapse Prevention and are aware of their cycle are likely to be more free from recidivism than those who ignore their warning signs.")
A return to an earlier state or behavior; or a lack of improvement; for example, a “rehabilitated” criminal who commits another crime, or a “stabilized” client who needs treatment again.
The continued, habitual or compulsive commission of law violations after first having been convicted or prior offenses.
habitual relapse into crime
A relapse into prior criminal habits leading to rearrest, reconviction and reincarceration.
The committing of further crimes by offenders after they have been punished for previous convictions.
The tendency to relapse into a prior mode of behaviour; especially that of a criminal nature.
Tendency to relapse into criminal behaviour.
The term used to express the return to criminal activity of persons previously convicted of crimes. Recidivism rate refers to the percentage of those who return to crime, once sentence has been served.
The return of a released ex-inmate to custody in a correctional facility. Different jurisdictions tend to have unique definitions for the types of offenses that result in recidivism, ranging from re-incarceration only after arrest for a new crime, to re-incarceration for technical violation of the conditions of release.
Recidivism [< RECIDIVE + ISM. RECIDIVE < Latin recidīvus "recurring" < recidŠ"I fall back" < re- "back" + cadŠ"I fall". Confer cadence, accident, occidental.] is the act of a person repeating an undesirable behaviour after they have either experienced negative consequences of that behaviour, or have been treated or trained to extinguish that behaviour.
