recidivism
Repeat offender pattern
Recidivism is the tendency to relapse into criminal behavior after punishment or treatment.
The term appears most often in discussions of prison policy and rehabilitation: The program reduced recidivism rates by thirty percent.
A recidivist is a repeat offender.
The word sometimes extends to any relapse into undesirable behavior: dietary recidivism.
Commit crime again
- reconvictionBeing convicted again
- rearrestSecond custody seizure
- paroleConditional early release
- probationSupervised trial period
offender · habitual · chronic · corrections · sentencing · felony · misdemeanor · reentry
Do or say again
- relapseReturn to former illness
- backslideRevert to bad habits
- reversionReturn to former state
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
regression · chronic · habitual · return · cycle · repetition · perpetuation · recurrence
Confinement for offenders
- inmateConfined facility resident
- prisonerConfined criminal detainee
- cellBasic unit of life
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
penitentiary · reformatory · jail · lockup · detention · correctional · supermax · gaol
Recovery from injury/addiction
- reentryComing back in
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- employmentPaid occupation status
- educationSystematic development of mind
counseling · mentoring · accountability · transformation · housing · aftercare · supervision · transitional
Measured speed or charge
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- dataFacts for analysis
- trackingMonitoring location over time
outcome · evaluation · benchmark · longitudinal · cohort · reduction · intervention · evidence-based
reoffend
Commit crime again
- reconvictionBeing convicted again
- rearrestSecond custody seizure
- paroleConditional early release
probation · offender · habitual · chronic · corrections · sentencing · felony · misdemeanor · reentry · deterrence
repeat
Do or say again
pattern · regression · chronic · habitual · return · cycle · repetition · perpetuation · recurrence · persistent
prison
Confinement for offenders
warden · penitentiary · reformatory · jail · lockup · detention · correctional · supermax · gaol · cellblock
rehabilitation
Recovery from injury/addiction
- reentryComing back in
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- employmentPaid occupation status
education · counseling · mentoring · accountability · transformation · housing · aftercare · supervision · transitional
rate
Measured speed or charge
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- dataFacts for analysis
tracking · outcome · evaluation · benchmark · longitudinal · cohort · reduction · intervention · evidence-based · five-year
- criminal justicearrest, jail, court, prison, crime
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
- imprisonmentprison, jail, prisoners, cells, captivity
- criminal lawcrime, felony, misdemeanor, murder, robbery
- Incarcerationcell blocks, prison conditions, prison guards, prison labor, prison reform
- penologypenology, prisons, incarceration, parole board, prison
recidivismrehabilitation
Recovery from injury/addiction
desistance · recovery · reform · redemption · transformation
recidivismreformation
Process of improving institutions
redemption · progress · transformation · self-improvement · personal growth
- recidivism reductionLowering repeat offense rates