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Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills development, drug abuse, mental health and other treatment programs, all reduce recidivism, significantly.
Bobby Scott

Meaning of "recidivism" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RECIDIVISM

From Latin recidīvus falling back, from re- + cadere to fall.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RECIDIVISM

recidivism  [rɪˈsɪdɪˌvɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RECIDIVISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Recidivism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RECIDIVISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

recidivism

Recidivism

Recidivism is the act of a person repeating an undesirable behavior after he/she has either experienced negative consequences of that behavior, or has 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. The term is frequently used in conjunction with criminal behavior and substance abuse.. For example, scientific literature may refer to the recidivism of sexual offenders, meaning the frequency with which they are detected or apprehended committing additional sexual crimes after being released from prison for similar crimes. To be counted as recidivism, the re-offending requires voluntary disclosure of arrest and conviction, so the real recidivism rate may differ substantially from reported rates. As another example, alcoholic recidivism might refer to the proportion of people who, after successful treatment, report having, or are determined to have, returned to the abuse of alcohol.

Definition of recidivism in the English dictionary

The definition of recidivism in the dictionary is habitual relapse into crime.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RECIDIVISM


activism
ˈæktɪˌvɪzəm
cognitivism
ˈkɒɡnɪtɪˌvɪzəm
collectivism
kəˈlɛktɪˌvɪzəm
constructivism
kənˈstrʌktɪˌvɪzəm
descriptivism
dɪˈskrɪptɪˌvɪzəm
emotivism
ɪˈməʊtɪˌvɪzəm
exclusivism
ɪkˈskluːsɪˌvɪzəm
lactivism
ˈlæktɪˌvɪzəm
nativism
ˈneɪtɪˌvɪzəm
noncognitivism
ˌnɒnˈkɒɡnɪtɪˌvɪzəm
objectivism
əbˈdʒɛktɪˌvɪzəm
passivism
ˈpæsɪˌvɪzəm
perspectivism
pəˈspɛktɪˌvɪzəm
positivism
ˈpɒzɪtɪˌvɪzəm
prescriptivism
prɪˈskrɪptɪˌvɪzəm
primitivism
ˈprɪmɪtɪˌvɪzəm
relativism
ˈrɛlətɪˌvɪzəm
slacktivism
ˈslæktɪˌvɪzəm
slactivism
ˈslæktɪˌvɪzəm
subjectivism
səbˈdʒɛktɪˌvɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RECIDIVISM

rechristen
recidivist
recidivistic
recidivous
Recife
recipe
recipe book
recipience
recipient
reciprocal
reciprocality
reciprocally
reciprocant
reciprocate
reciprocating engine
reciprocation
reciprocative
reciprocator
reciprocatory
reciprocitities

WORDS THAT END LIKE RECIDIVISM

anticivism
atavism
Bolshevism
civism
clicktivism
corporativism
destructivism
eliminativism
Fauvism
favism
intuitivism
legal positivism
logical positivism
Menshevism
negativism
nonobjectivism
progressivism
Saivism
Slavism
Vaishnavism

Synonyms and antonyms of recidivism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «recidivism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RECIDIVISM

Find out the translation of recidivism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of recidivism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «recidivism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

累犯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la reincidencia
570 millions of speakers

English

recidivism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जुर्म
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рецидиве
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reincidência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অপরাধপ্রবণতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

récidive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Residivisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rückfälligkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

再犯
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

재범
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Recidivism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự tái phạm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தீமைகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनिश्चितता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yeniden suç işleme eğilimi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

recidività
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

recydywa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рецидиві
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

recidivei
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποτροπής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

herhaling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

återfall
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilbakefall
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of recidivism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RECIDIVISM»

The term «recidivism» is regularly used and occupies the 85.776 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RECIDIVISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «recidivism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «recidivism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about recidivism

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6 QUOTES WITH «RECIDIVISM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word recidivism.
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Robert Atkins
My patient population has a low recidivism rate, but if they haven't made up their minds that it is permanent, then of course, they will fail.
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Sam Brownback
I do a number of things working on human rights issues, prison recidivism rates, and then I also push and have worked a lot on the social issues of rebuilding the family.
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George R. Roberts
Social-enterprise employees earn wages and pay taxes, reducing their recidivism rates and dependence on government assistance. They also receive crucial on-the-job training, job-readiness skills, literacy instruction and, if necessary, the counseling and mental-health services they need to move into the mainstream workforce.
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Bobby Scott
Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills development, drug abuse, mental health and other treatment programs, all reduce recidivism, significantly.
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Jim Sensenbrenner
There are over 500,000 registered sex offenders across the country, and statistics have shown that the recidivism rate for those criminals is high.
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Frank Wolf
We can't just rail against crime. We must speak of the root problems - devastating family breakup, an insidious culture of violence that cheapens human life, skyrocketing prisoner recidivism rates that rob our communities of husbands and fathers - and recognize that there is a societal role in rehabilitation and restoration.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RECIDIVISM»

Discover the use of recidivism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to recidivism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Criminal Recidivism Process
This book addresses why criminal offenders repeat their actions after being released from prison.
Edward Zamble, Vernon L. Quinsey, 2001
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Recidivism: Habitual Criminality, and Habitual Petty Delinquency
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
John Francis Sutherland, 2012
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Recidivism
The assumption made here is that, when the crime rate increases, the number of individuals committing crimes increases. In other words the rate of recidivism is increasing.
Stacy Ramdhan, Lisa Bissessar, 2013
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Validation of the Juvenile Sexual Offense Recidivism Risk ...
The accurate assessment of risk of sexual reoffense for juveniles has the potential to inform many actions, including the segregation of low risk from high risk offenders, allocation of limited resources, matching treatment assignments and ...
Christopher Allen Ralston, 2008
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A Comparison of Recidivism Rates for the State of Georgia ...
Georgia prisons house more than 60,000 inmates with 55% of them being individuals who have a history of substance abuse.
Susan D. Patton, 2008
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Punishment and Recidivism: The Italian Case
The first part of the book explains the concept of recidivism and its rates, while second part talks about the data pertaining to the recidivism of pardon beneficiaries.
Giovanni Torrente, Sara Mantovani, 2009
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Reducing the Rate of Recidivism for First-time Juvenile ...
Keywords: Recidivism, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Offender, Parenting Monitoring Program, Counselor Education, Juvenile Justice
Rhonda C. Vappie-Aydin, 2007
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Responding to Youth Crime in Canada
The concept of recidivism is inherently problematic. It is often talked about as if it depended solely on the youth. It also depends on the behaviour of those controlling the youth justice system. At a minimum, one has to be very careful about how ...
Anthony N. Doob, Carla Cesaroni, 2004
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Sex Offenders : Identification, Risk Assessment, Treatment, ...
RECIDIVISM AND RISK ASSESSMENT OF JUVENILE SEXUAL OFFENDERS An understanding of the rate of recidivism and the factors leading to recidivism is critical in prevention. No single test or interview question will predict the potential  ...
Fabian M. Saleh M.D. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Harvard Medical School, Albert J. Grudzinskas M.D. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in Law University of Massachusetts Medical School, Division of Forensic Psychiatry University of Ottawa John M. Bradford M.D. Professor and Head, 2009
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Basics of Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology
WHAT IS RECIDIVISM? Tony Fabelo The Senate Criminal Justice Committee will be studying the record of the corrections system and the use of recidivism rates as a measure of performance for the system. The first task for the committee ...
Michael Maxfield, Earl Babbie, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RECIDIVISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term recidivism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tribe, officials partner to fight recidivism
The effort eventually could be used as a model by tribes throughout the country to reduce the rate of recidivism, or the commission of new crimes by convicts ... «Bismarck Tribune, Jul 15»
2
New federal re-entry court in Alaska aimed at reducing recidivism
“The goal is to reduce recidivism, but really it's to help people reclaim their lives in a crime-free and a drug-free lifestyle,” said U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah ... «Alaska Dispatch News, Jun 15»
3
Skyrocketing prison costs have states targeting recidivism
It is not often that the American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Poverty Law Center find common cause with conservative Republicans in Alabama. «Washington Post, May 15»
4
Pennsylvania prison recidivism rates drop to historic lows
Statistics show that the latest six-month, one-year and three-year recidivism rates ... Recidivism occurs when an inmate who, after release from prison, commits a ... «PennLive.com, May 15»
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Los Angeles Recidivism Reduction Initiative Announced
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Wednesday announced the launch of a Los Angeles anti-criminal recidivism program designed to prepare non-violent ... «NBC Southern California, Mar 15»
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New Report Shows Decline In Recidivism Among Transferred Gitmo …
The exterior of Camp Delta at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, March 6, 2013. The facility is operated by the Joint Task Force Guantanamo and holds ... «International Business Times, Mar 15»
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New countywide support system hopes to reduce prison recidivism
The program was a response to AB 109, a bill passed in 2011 that called for counties to establish programs to reduce recidivism, the rate at which ex-cons ... «Contra Costa Times, Feb 15»
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Group Examines Tennessee Sentencing Laws, Recidivism
"What we're really looking at is ways to change our sentencing laws and to tackle our high recidivism rate with the ultimate goal of reducing crime," said ... «Memphis Daily News, Oct 14»
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Dan Walters: New definition of recidivism minimizes political fallout …
What's in a word? A lot. Criminologist Michael Maltz defines “recidivism” as “the reversion of an individual to criminal behavior after he or she has been convicted ... «Sacramento Bee, Sep 14»
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Report: Continued drop in recidivism rate in Virginia
“This reduction in the recidivism rate means our children are safer, our state is more attractive to businesses, and we are returning offenders to their communities ... «Augusta Free Press, Jun 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Recidivism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/recidivism>. May 2024 ».
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