More traditional rock-pig fodder comes in the form of Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars: The Fast Life and Sudden Death of Lynyrd Skynyrd (Chicago Press, 1 April) by recidivist biographer Mark Ribowsky.
But there can be no progress when Greeks and Germans see each other, respectively, as heartless austerians and recidivist rule-breakers.
Mr Jackson, a petty thief, does not.His punishment is harsh because he is a recidivist in a state with mandatory tough sentences for habitual criminals.
Unlike Latin American governments, some of whom are recidivist bad debtors, Caribbean countries, with stable currencies and democracies, until recently looked like good risks.
"He is a recidivist hold-up type convicted several times and today suspected of four murders, maybe more.
Rather than flags and banners Mr Bakiyev's enraged opponents carried staves, clubs and baseball bats.There are a number of lessons to be drawn from these histories of recidivist uprisings.
But Ms Bennett's outfit is parochial and recidivist, a big fish in a muddy left-wing puddle, and that is not much use to anyone, despite some of its members' touching goodwill .Exchange is not robbery!" said Mr Hall amiably, swapping a Bristol pound for the real thing with Bagehot.
In America meditation was judged to be just the tonic for a variety of people ranging from underperforming executives to recidivist prisoners.
But the economists show that removing the most "central" dealer in the resulting social network can reduce drug-peddling activity by as much as 35% compared with the policy of expelling the most active recidivist.
Although there has been press speculation that the Justice Department and the 19 states (its fellow plaintiffs) are divided over what remedy to call for a source of concern to Judge Jackson, they are united in the belief that, for a "hardened" recidivist such as Microsoft, fresh conduct remedies would be inadequate.
For instance, California's recidivist rate is not "sky-high" simply because of overcrowding.
