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Definition of Recidivists
1. recidivist [n] - See also: recidivist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Recidivists
Literary usage of Recidivists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Study of Women Delinquents in New York State by Mabel Ruth Fernald, Mary Holmes Stevens Hayes, Almena Dawley, Beardsley Ruml (1920)
"The difference between the standard deviations of the two groups is not demonstra-
bly valid. (b) recidivists and First Offenders Among Nativity and Color ..."
2. A Study of Women Delinquents in New York State by Mabel Ruth Fernald, Mary Holmes Stevens Hayes, Almena Dawley, Beardsley Ruml (1920)
"In each group the native colored have the highest percentage of recidivists, the
native white and total native born the next highest, and the foreign born ..."
3. The State of Prisons and of Child-saving Institutions in the Civilized World by Enoch Cobb Wines (1879)
"recidivists. THE penal system of France is no longer founded, as formerly, on
suffering and terror, ... The proportion of recidivists in the central pris- ..."
4. The State of Prisons and of Child-saving Institutions in the Civilized World by Enoch Cobb Wines (1879)
"recidivists. THE penal system of France is no longer founded, as formerly, on
suffering and terror ... The proportion of recidivists in the central pris- 22 ..."
5. The Sixth International Prison Congress Held at Brussels, Belgium, August by Samuel June Barrows (1903)
"THE TREATMENT OF recidivists. Fourth Question: Should recidivists he subjected
to a disciplinary regime more severe than that applied to prisoners sentenced ..."
6. Proceedings of the American Medico-Psychological Association Annual Meeting by American Medico-Psychological Association (1901)
"PROPHYLAXIS OF DEGENERACY AMONG recidivists. By Dr. Julei Morel, Superintendent
State Asylum, Mom, Belgium. Criminal anthropology has made rapid progress in ..."
7. The Individual Delinquent: A Text-book of Diagnosis and Prognosis for All by William Healy (1915)
"Our Study of recidivists. I 14. Group of Cases Studied and Our Approach to Their
Problems. § 15. Social and Scientific Values of Deeper Studies. § 16. ..."
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