Sentence examples for persistent offender from inspiring English sources

Alexander van der Bellen, leader of the Green Party, called him a "persistent offender".

He wasn't the kind to try, he had explained: he liked being a persistent offender.

The state's existing persistent offender laws are considered weak and useful mainly to prosecutors negotiating plea bargains.

For one of his crimes, he was sentenced to a month's detention a standard tariff for a persistent offender.

How can anyone – including the British government – continue to deny that it is a persistent offender against all norms of civilised and humane behaviour?

At the moment anyone, including a convicted criminal, can be a landlord – and it is almost impossible to prevent a persistent offender from renting out more properties.

Moffitt (1993; see also Moffitt et al. 2002) proposed a taxonomy of offending that distinguishes adolescence-limited, life-course persistent offenders and abstainers.

Because the STB incorporates four days, only very persistent offenders have a substantive probability to have their offending recorded in the STB.

Persistent offenders could face 15 days' imprisonment.

At present, the police can only prosecute persistent offenders.

The government said prison is the right place for the most serious, violent and persistent offenders.