How to Use recidivism in a Sentence

recidivism

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  • Thomas cited studies that showed recidivism was rare among people who had served lengthy sentences.
    — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Boudin said the goal of the task force is to disrupt the cycle of recidivism by rooting out the sources of the city’s drug supplies.
    — Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Ward said the main goals should be to improve supervision of offenders and reduce recidivism.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 24 Dec. 2020
  • The company has pledged to become more transparent and invest at least $3 million this year to reduce recidivism rates.
    — Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 29 Dec. 2020
  • Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute has a recidivism rate of less than 1%.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Studies show higher levels of education among former inmates increase employment rates and reduce recidivism.
    — Emily Hamer, Star Tribune, 12 Apr. 2021
  • 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 | McAson@al.com, 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
  • Less than 3% of RTA members return to prison vs the national recidivism rate of 60%.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 June 2024
  • 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
  • That rate is more than double the 15% recidivism rate in the five years prior to the implementation of Title 42.
    — Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2021
  • 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
  • But just this past month, in terms of encounters at the border, those numbers did tick up again and there was a very high rate of recidivism, that means people trying again and again in the last 12 months to cross the border.
    — ABC News, 13 June 2021
  • 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
  • Egypt soon jolted back to an even tighter regime—call it autocratic recidivism.
    — Michele Gelfand, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 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
  • Second Chance Month is new, but concerns about job prospects, losing the right to vote, and high recidivism rates for the formerly incarcerated are not.
    — JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
  • This is notably lower than the nationwide recidivism rate, which RTA estimates is over 60% of people returning to prison within three years of release.
    — Arturo Conde, NBC News, 3 July 2024

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