Synonyms for recidivism
rɪˈsɪd əˌvɪz əmre·cidi·vism

Princeton's WordNet

1. recidivismnoun

   habitual relapse into crime

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1. • Backsliding

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1. List of paraphrases for "recidivism":

   re-offending, reoffending, recurrence, relapse, backsliding

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1. recidivism

   Synonyms:
   Reoffending

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1. Doug Naselroad:

   We don't do the difficult work that the recovery centers do. We don't take people in who need to go through detox, what we do is we accept people into our studios when they've phased into a place where that's useful to them ; when they're ready to come out into the light of day. We try to occupy them and mitigate their recidivism.

2. Kimberley Childers:

   The recidivism rate is very low when a person goes through this program -- I would consider it to be 10 % or less.

3. Chris Swanson:

   40 % reduction of recidivism for post-incarceration education.

4. Kimberley Childers:

   There are creative individuals that this just fits like a hand in a glove, the recidivism rate is very low when a person goes through this program -- I would consider it to be 10 % or less.

5. Ryan Mauro:

   Current arguments over terrorist recidivism upon release from Gitmo focus vary based on what it means to ‘rejoin’ the terrorist cause, the rate is lower if you only consider those who went back to physical fighting and it is higher if you include those who rejoined terrorist groups. But we often miss another factor: What about those who use their rock star status to radicalize without engaging in violence? We must remember this is an ideological war.