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单词 recidivist
释义

recidivist

/rɪˈsɪdɪvɪst /
noun
A convicted criminal who reoffends, especially repeatedly.Only a handful of recidivists and unrepentant individuals convicted of major crimes against the faith were put to death....
  • Most people convicted of driving while disqualified are recidivists.
  • Keep quiet about the 4,000 recidivists who run city streets, committing crimes with increasing bravado and little fear of punishment.
adjective
1Relating to recidivists: the third lowest recidivist rate in the country...
  • We certainly know that people who meet the diagnostic criteria for being a psychopath, have a very high risk of being violent and have a very high recidivist rate.
  • Today we have the phenomenon of recidivist murder committed by released killers.
  • I even reluctantly believe that the Government's current proposals to make previous convictions known to juries in child-abuse cases are justified, given the recidivist nature of paedophiles.
1.1Tending to reoffend: women are rarely recidivist...
  • Firstly, this Government passed the Sentencing Act 2002, which states that a recidivist child sex offender can receive preventive detention and be locked up, if necessary, for life.
  • There are very good organisations like Safe Network in Auckland, run by John McCarthy, which deals with trying to rehabilitate and run programmes for recidivist sex offenders.
  • In conclusion, the main change that this bill introduces is the power to place recidivist child sex offenders under extended supervision for up to 10 years.

Derivatives

recidivistic

/rɪsɪdɪˈvɪstɪk/ adjective ...
  • The drug courts should be working with the more recidivistic group of people and less with the first-time offender.
  • Although cruelty to animals seems to hold potential as a predictor of recidivistic firesetting, it is most likely an externalizing behavior that correlates highly with delinquency.
  • The same may hold true for recidivistic drug usage.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French récidiviste, from récidiver 'fall back', based on Latin recidivus 'falling back', from the verb recidere, from re- 'back' + cadere 'to fall'.

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