reoffend
Break law again
To reoffend is to commit another crime after being convicted or punished for a previous one.
The term appears most often in discussions of criminal justice and recidivism: Studies show that job training programs reduce the likelihood that released prisoners will reoffend.
Return to former illness
- backslideRevert to bad habits
- habitualDone by routine
- chronicPersisting over time
- recurrentHappening multiple times
persistent · reversion · regression · hardened · incorrigible · unreformed · repetitive · cyclical
Confinement in jail
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- correctionalAimed at rehabilitation
- detentionTemporary official holding
- custodyProtective care or control
supervision · parole · probation · prisoner · inmate · jail · reentry · risk assessment
Recovery from injury/addiction
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- support servicesAssistance functions for operations
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
- job trainingTeaching skills for employment
counseling · substance abuse treatment · mental health services · mentorship · education programs · housing assistance · aftercare · community support
Breaking early release terms
- convictJailed offender after trial
- felonSerious crime perpetrator
- violatorOne who breaks rules
- culpritPerson found guilty
lawbreaker · transgressor · infractor · delinquent · noncompliant · guilty · criminal record · prior conviction
relapse
Return to former illness
recurrent · persistent · reversion · regression · hardened · incorrigible · unreformed · repetitive · cyclical · pattern
incarceration
Confinement in jail
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- correctionalAimed at rehabilitation
- detentionTemporary official holding
custody · supervision · parole · probation · prisoner · inmate · jail · reentry · risk assessment · monitoring
rehabilitation
Recovery from injury/addiction
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- support servicesAssistance functions for operations
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
job training · counseling · substance abuse treatment · mental health services · mentorship · education programs · housing assistance · aftercare · community support · risk reduction
parole violation
Breaking early release terms
culprit · lawbreaker · transgressor · infractor · delinquent · noncompliant · guilty · criminal record · prior conviction · court order
reoffendrehabilitate
Return to good condition
reform · go straight · turn one's life around · reintegrate · desist