"repeat crime" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to a situation where a person commits the same crime multiple times, often indicating a pattern of behavior. You can use "repeat crime" in any context where you want to describe or discuss someone's repeated criminal behavior. For example: - "The defendant has a history of repeat crime, having been previously convicted for the same offense three times." - "Experts believe that harsher penalties may help reduce repeat crime rates." - "The city has implemented new programs to provide support and resources for individuals at risk of engaging in repeat crime."
"We need to ensure that the treadmill, this dismal cycle of repeat crime, is stopped," Clegg said.
"We said we were going to pioneer a rehabilitation revolution to stop this downward spiral of repeat crime.
"We have thousands upon thousands of victims who are needlessly hurt because we have failed as a country to stop the cycle of repeat crime.
"If we want to stop for good the outbreak of crime, of looting and criminality, of what we saw last week, we need to get tough on the causes of repeat crime".
Despite the prevalence of pro-victim rhetoric during the prison-building era, few policymakers have asked themselves who experiences crime, who is most vulnerable to repeat crime or what survivors need to recover and avoid future harm.
The deputy PM said he wanted to end the "dismal cycle of repeat crime" by a hard core of criminals, pointing out that the majority of adults so far charged with riot-related offences already had a criminal record.
As a constant reminder that the government is watching, G.P.S. monitoring may discourage repeat crimes.
He concluded the letter by saying: "Because repeat crimes are the rule rather than the exception among animal abusers and given the malicious nature of these crimes, I implore you to take every measure necessary, including re-examining all available CCTV footage, to apprehend this dangerous criminal.
The monitoring systems cost money at a time when recession-strapped states can ill afford the extra expense, the critics say, and their effectiveness is dubious: Sex offender registries, for example, have had little success in reducing repeat crimes, studies suggest.
These are often repeat crimes.
The drop in crime rates has followed closely the falls in repeat crimes rather that single victimisation trajectories in England and Wales but the evidence for repeat burglary trends is inconclusive (Tseloni et al. 2010: 385).
