The phrase "a propensity to commit" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's tendency or inclination to engage in a particular behavior, often in a negative context.
Example: "He has a propensity to commit acts of dishonesty, which has damaged his reputation."
Alternatives: "a tendency to engage" or "an inclination to perform".
Despite inconsistent shooting this season and a propensity to commit turnovers, Tennessee appears better prepared to avoid another meltdown.
Judge George Bundy Smith said allowing the information about other killings was a breach of rules that generally bar efforts to prove that a defendant has a propensity to commit a certain type of crime.
Although none of these allegations came to court, they have been introduced under a Californian law that allows previous allegations to be used in sex cases if they can show a defendant has a propensity to commit sex crimes.
Gerald F. Uelmen, a professor of law at Santa Clara University School of Law, said the most significant change in the law for Mr. Jackson might be one that allows prosecutors to introduce evidence of prior offenses to help show "a propensity" to commit an offense.
"This is both hugely important and quite dangerous," one crown court judge says: "For the first time, the prosecution will be able to ask leave for prior convictions to be disclosed simply if the defendant has a propensity to commit such acts.
Juries in America, by contrast, may be informed of a defendant's prior convictions where this helps show "intent, knowledge and purpose" relating to the alleged crime; but once in court, using previous convictions, or any other evidence, to suggest a propensity to commit a particular type of offence is strictly prohibited.
Overall, immigrants are only about one-fifth as likely to be incarcerated for crimes, and the difference is mostly due to a lower propensity to commit crime in the immigrant population rather than to deportation or other law enforcement measures that differentially target immigrants.
The remarkably similar accounts of multiple women, who said that Cosby gave them pills that rendered them unconscious or semi-conscious and then penetrated them, tended to disclose Cosby's signature method, which showed his intent to penetrate Constand without consent in that instance — as distinct from a mere propensity to commit sexual assault.
However, there is little evidence that researchers trained in recognizing and dealing with scientific misconduct have a lower propensity to commit it [47], [48], [49].
Furthermore, there are contrasting findings as to whether mothers or fathers have a higher propensity to commit filicide [ 6- 9].
These rebels were undisciplined militias with a high propensity to commit acts of sexual violence like rape with impunity.
