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recidivist n. a repeat criminal offender, convicted of a crime after having been previously convicted. (See: habitual criminal) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Physical bullies are at greater risk than their peers for criminal conviction and recidivist crime (Kumpulainen & Rasanen, 2000). Given appellant's unbroken history of violent crime, we cannot find this case to be one of the admittedly rare ones in which the recidivist sentence is unconstitutional,'' the appeals court said. Although there is no single factor underlying aggressive behavior in children, my own 30-plus years looking into the relationship between excessive parental discipline and delinquency has convinced me that the violent, recidivist, male juvenile delinquent who was not raised on the belt, board, cord, or fist is nonexistent. |
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