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recidivism
(redirected from habitual criminal)

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recidivism: see criminology criminology, the study of crime, society's response to it, and its prevention, including examination of the environmental, hereditary, or psychological causes of crime, modes of criminal investigation and conviction, and the efficacy of punishment or correction (see
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recidivism
habitual relapse into crime


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Byline: ANDREW PAIN A HABITUAL criminal with 127 convictions on his record has been jailed for four years after being found guilty of drug dealing.
Toney also was being charged as a career or habitual criminal, the sergeant said.
 
 
 
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