The more contact Christopher had with the criminal justice system, the more likely it would be that he would return again and again and again -- all at tremendous social cost to his children, to his family and to his peers.
他与刑事司法系统瓜葛越多， 重新犯罪的可能性就会越来越大， 越来越大。 这对他的孩子，他的家庭， 他的兄弟姐妹 都是巨大的社会成本。