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The noun RECIDIVIST has 2 senses: 1. someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior). 2. someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior. Familiarity information: RECIDIVIST used as a noun is rare.
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention reported in 2010 that research showed that there is a higher recidivism rate among offenders who have been transferred to the adult criminal justice system, compared to those kept in the juvenile justice system.