2006-12-17 11:09:44 · 10 answers · asked by jset1989 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Recidivism is the tendency to relapse into a prior mode of behaviour; especially that of a criminal nature.
2006-12-17 11:14:05 · answer #1 · answered by jenh42002 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A recidivist is a person who commits the same crime more than once. The definition in itself answers your question. Crime increases by the amount of times the person commits the crime. If the Justice system set the right penalty the first time maybe there would be no such thing as recidivism.....Do away with plea bargain and end recidivism.
2006-12-18 11:48:19 · answer #2 · answered by Tom M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Recidivism is when a person is let out of jail for a crime and then repeats the crime and goes back to jail. Basically it's people who are repeat offenders. I don't know how it would contribute to an increase in crime since it's the same people over and over. Or recidivism can be used to describe a drug abuser who goes back to using drugs after rehab.
2006-12-17 19:16:09 · answer #3 · answered by Firefighters Wife 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Recidivism means doing the same crime again.
2006-12-17 19:22:33 · answer #4 · answered by ams 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Recidivism is usually calculated as to what % of the released end up back in prison within 5 years.
When you see programs like Kairos, Bridges to Life, and Operation Rebound that are noted to have LOW recidivism rates-- that means that these programs are helping the incarcerated to have a better chance of not returning to prison.
2006-12-17 19:15:37 · answer #5 · answered by jwhfaye 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Recidivism is the return rate of ex convicts to prison, The actual rate various between 90 and 95 percent depending on who does the survey. This is on first time incarcerations. After that the rate increases, here again depending on who is doing the survey.
2006-12-17 19:17:43 · answer #6 · answered by Beau R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Recidivism is "repeating offenses".
Recividists account for a majority of crime. Many of us have made a "mistake" and had trouble with the law. Many learn from the experience and never have another problem again.
Recidivists are in and out of the judicial system and some are beyond rehabilitation.
2006-12-17 19:16:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Recidivism is when a person becomes so used to prison life and has friends in prison, that when h/she commits another crime as soon as they get out of prison so that they can go back.
2006-12-17 19:15:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think that it does contribute to an increase in crime. Criminals are a product of their environment, upbringing, association, morals, values, etc.
There are many people who commit a crime, realize what they have done is wrong and choose to change their lifestyle upon release from the criminal justice system. Others will not change no matter how many times they go to jail, or the amount of rehabilitation is tried.
2006-12-17 19:34:16 · answer #9 · answered by jaybird512 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because there is little or no money spent on rehabilitation of prisoners, when they get out they go back to what they know, a life of crime (or are pulled into a life of crime) in order to survive (or because they are crazy), and then they get sent back to prison--recidivism.
The cycle helps some people get wealthy-- the ones who own the private prisons that proliferate in America.
2006-12-17 19:13:58 · answer #10 · answered by Reba K 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋