reoffender
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A reoffender is someone who commits a crime after having been previously convicted, especially after serving a sentence or completing rehabilitation.
The term emphasizes the pattern of repeated criminal behavior: Programs aimed at reducing reoffenders have shown mixed results.
Also called a recidivist, though reoffender is plainer and more common in everyday speech.
Circular spinning entrance
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- prison systemOrganized network of jails
- justice systemFramework for enforcing laws
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
three strikes · mandatory minimum · overcrowding · reentry · institutionalization · criminal record · stigma · barriers
Habitual criminal returner
- convictJailed offender after trial
- felonSerious crime perpetrator
- paroleeConditionally freed prisoner
- probationerPerson serving trial period
ex-convict · habitual criminal · career criminal · lawbreaker · perpetrator · prisoner · inmate · delinquent
Return to former illness
- backslidingReverting to former sins
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
- parole violationBreaking early release terms
reform · treatment · intervention · counseling · support services · halfway house · supervision · monitoring
revolving door
Circular spinning entrance
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- prison systemOrganized network of jails
- justice systemFramework for enforcing laws
sentencing · three strikes · mandatory minimum · overcrowding · reentry · institutionalization · criminal record · stigma · barriers · unemployment
recidivist
Habitual criminal returner
probationer · ex-convict · habitual criminal · career criminal · lawbreaker · perpetrator · prisoner · inmate · delinquent · transgressor
relapse
Return to former illness
- backslidingReverting to former sins
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
parole violation · reform · treatment · intervention · counseling · support services · halfway house · supervision · monitoring · aftercare
- repeat offendersrecidivist, habitual criminal, recidivism, career criminal, prior convictions
- prisoncell block, inmate, jail, prison, prisoner
- UK Prisonsprison, jail, gaol, Dartmoor, Strangeways