recidivism

plural recidivisms

1. countableuncountableCommitting new offenses after a crime committed in the past.

   The increase in criminal activity was attributed to recidivism.

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   Unintended mathwashing occurs when the algorithm is left unchecked, and, learning from historical data, amplifies social bias. The U.S. justice system uses an algorithm called COMPAS to determine a criminal's likelihood to re-offend. COMPAS has been proven by Pro Publica to predict that black defendants will have higher rates of recidivism than they actually do, while white defendants are predicted to have lower rates than they actually do.

   2018 January 29, Sophie Kleber, “As AI Meets the Reputation Economy, We're All Being Silently Judged”, in Harvard Business Review, Brighton, M.A.: Harvard Business Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 May 2023

2. countableuncountablehuman sciencesChronic repetition of criminal or other antisocial behavior.
3. broadlycountableuncountableReturning to a negative behavior after having stopped it for a period of time.

   alcohol(ic) recidivism