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. 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.

2. John Fetterman:

   I always want to err on the side of mercy, juvenile lifers released by a Supreme Court decision, the recidivism rate was less than 1%. That's a remarkable statistic. That demonstrates that these individuals, once they are released, are not Hannibal Lecters, they're out living their best lives. … You age out of crime. Now imagine people who have never taken a life to begin with, imagine what that recidivism rate would be.

3. Thaddeus Johnson:

   There's really no research out there that says if Jeffrey Coots serve Jeffrey Coots full sentence, or if Jeffrey Coots serve part of Jeffrey Coots sentence, that it has any statistically significant effect on recidivism.

4. 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.

5. 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.