Category:Recidivist

Re*cid"i*vist, n.

Defn: one who is recidivous or is characterized by recidivism; an Incorrigible criminal. -- re*cid`i*vis"tic (#), a.

The criminal by passion never becomes a recidivist, it is the social, Not the antisocial, instincts that are strong within him, his crime Is a solitary event in his life. Havelock ellis.