Concepts about whether offenders continue or stop, including recidivism, desistance and habitual offenders. A concept belongs here when it concerns repeat offending. Entries placed here are Recidivism, Desistance and Habitual Offender. The grouping is a browsing aid for visitors to the Crime and Justice Atlas and not a ranking, and a subject may also be discussed under other headings in the atlas.
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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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A habitual offender, repeat offender, or career criminal is a person convicted of a crime who was previously convicted of other crimes.
Laub and Sampson 2001: Understanding Desistance from Crime
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Termination is the point when criminal activity stops and desistance is the underlying causal process.
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