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reoˈffend, v.
[re- 5 a.]
intr. Of a previously convicted offender: to offend again; to commit a subsequent offence.
1934in Webster Add. 1977Times 21 June 3/2 Of 500 children passing through their intermediate treatment programmes..87 per cent had not reoffended. 1978Sentences of Imprisonment (Rep. Adv. Council Penal Syst.) xiii. 123 Many offenders sent to prison for the first time do not subsequently re-offend. 1986Psychol. Today Mar. 64/1 We believe that sex offenders are less likely to reoffend if they can develop more satisfactory sexual relationships with appropriate partners.
Hence reoˈffending vbl. n.
1975Economist 8 Feb. 92/1 Professor Morris's new system does not remove the need to treat criminals so as to prevent their reoffending. 1989Daily Tel. 6 July 3/7 It is hardly surprising the rate of reoffending is so high. Sex offences are a form of addiction. |