How to Use recidivism in a Sentence

recidivism

noun

• The recidivism rate dropped to 3% for people 60 and older, the study found.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 18 June 2022
• While the statewide recidivism rate is close to 50%, fewer than 10% of the SCC clients have returned to prison.
  — Lindsey McGinnis, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2021
• In fact, one of the biggest predictors of recidivism is age – or rather, lack of it.
  — Elizabeth MacBride, Forbes, 4 June 2022
• The recidivism rate in New Jersey is just shy of 30 percent.
  — New York Times, 31 Dec. 2021
• And his numbers don’t reflect the pace of recidivism currently or over the last decade.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2022
• Therefore, this is a chance to maybe reduce recidivism as well.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 20 Sep. 2021
• Peart also hopes that the company will help lower recidivism in the United States, which are among the highest in the world.
  — Alessandra Freitas, CNN, 13 Feb. 2022
• Based on recidivism rates, these criminals need to be kept off the streets for as long as possible.
  — WSJ, 6 Nov. 2022
• Boudin has attempted to expand the program, which started in 2013 and has been shown in a five-year study to reduce recidivism.
  — Joshua Sharpe, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 May 2022
• Frescobaldi knew the grim recidivism rate in the Italian prison system—85 percent.
  — Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 20 June 2022
• Project Rebound students have a recidivism rate of less than 1% within three years of release, compared to 46% for the entire state.
  — Angela Wang, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 June 2023
• Last year, the program saw its funding from the state triple, to $11.3 million, and its recidivism rate remain at less than 1%, according to the project’s chair, Brady Heiner.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
• The year before Title 42 was implemented, the recidivism rate was a fraction of the current trend.
  — Byquinn Owen, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2022
• Now, though not as low as many had hoped, those rates have fallen to about 20% of people re-offending within five years of release — one of the lowest recidivism rates in the world.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• Her work is, on a practical level, about recidivism rates.
  — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 2 Apr. 2023
• The high rate of recidivism suggests the majority of border crossers in recent years have been caught, which was not the case during previous peaks.
  — New York Times, 22 Oct. 2021
• Right On Crime published a report last year urging Texas to adopt clean slate policies as a way to reduce recidivism and strengthen the economy.
  — Arcelia Martin, Dallas News, 18 May 2023
• Proponents said the camps would save money and decrease recidivism.
  — NBC News, 24 Feb. 2022
• There’s 59% reduction of recidivism, Creuzot said, when the assessments are done pre-trial.
  — Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2022
• If prison itself is a driver of recidivism, then prosecutors should seek to limit the use of prison as much as possible.
  — John Pfaff, The New Republic, 18 Jan. 2022
• California’s Rebound program, which has enrolled over 500 students in the past six years, boasts a recidivism rate of less than 1%.
  — oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2023
• Their recidivism rate was about 11%, compared with 27% for people in similar circumstances who weren’t in the program.
  — Julie Wernau, WSJ, 16 May 2022
• And among those who dropped out without graduating and went back to court to complete their criminal cases, the recidivism rate increased to 10%.
  — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2023
• Since its creation, the county has seen the recidivism rate for high-risk defendants drop from 60% to 32%, according to the district attorney’s office.
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024
• Ruby Welch and Laura Berry also spoke to the subcommittee about ways to reduce recidivism.
  — Stephen Simpson, Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2022
• The goal is for the new jail to help reduce recidivism while helping inmates reintegrate into the community.
  — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 13 July 2022
• Putin recently said recidivism rates among those freed from prison through serving in Ukraine are much lower than those on average in Russia.
  — Dasha Litvinova, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
• In this case, Musk's failure to comply with basic regulation looks less like entrepreneurism and more like simple recidivism and perhaps a lack of respect for the SEC.
  — Charles K. Whitehead For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 6 July 2022
• According to the program, less than 5 percent of RTA members return to prison, compared to the national recidivism rate of 60 percent.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
• Juvenile lifers released by a Supreme Court decision, the recidivism rate was less than 1%.
  — Jessica Chasmar, Fox News, 20 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024