The tendency of a convicted offender to reoffend after release, commonly measured by rearrest, reconviction or reincarceration within a set period, and used as a standard metric for evaluating correctional and rehabilitation programs.
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A habitual offender is, by definition, an instance of recidivism; the two concepts describe the same repeat-offending pattern from the offender's status and the act's recurrence respectively.
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1. Siegel, Criminology: The Core
Larry J. Siegel, Cengage Learning
Wikipedia: Recidivism
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Recidivism is the reversion of an individual to criminal behavior after they have been convicted of a prior offense, sentenced, and (presumably) corrected.
Wikipedia: Habitual Offender
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used by U.S. courts to assess the likelihood of a defendant becoming a recidivist
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