| 单词 | habitual criminal |
| 例句 | Like some kind of habitual criminal, rock'n'roll just can't seem to change its ways. This week's new live music 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z “He was sentenced and arrested for being an armed and habitual criminal,” Anderson said. 'Extremely dangerous' suspect arrested 2011-08-26T22:44:00Z Joe, at 13, went to live with his grandfather, “a complete rogue and an habitual criminal,” who taught the boy the finer points of robbery and safecracking. ‘The Unfortunate Englishman’: a stylish spy thriller set in postwar Berlin 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Martin is facing 11 felonies and sentencing as a habitual criminal if he’s convicted. Man standing trial in 2018 burglaries at Wayne Newton home 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Under the proposal, judges will be allowed to order jail for such offenders, especially if they are habitual criminals, but they won't be bound to do so, the same sources said. Italy's cabinet passes clampdown on women pickpockets -sources 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z What she found was a commune where drugs and sex were plentiful and where Mr. Manson, a habitual criminal and frustrated musician, held a psychological grip on his followers. Linda Kasabian, 73, Dies; Lookout Testified Against Charles Manson 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z A "habitual criminal" who dug up a woman's grave because he believed it contained valuable jewellery has been jailed for 15 months. Barnsley: Jail for burglar who dug up grave in jewellery search 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z He later floated the concept of “exile” for habitual criminals and favored “three-strikes” laws for harsh sentences. Ernie Lazar, who quietly amassed huge FBI archive, dies at 77 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Brooks was a habitual criminal offender who had spent much of his life in and out of the criminal justice system. Wisconsin Man Found Guilty of Killing 6 in Christmas Parade Attack 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z The "notorious absconding history sheeter" - an Indian English term meaning a habitual criminal - would frequently change his hideouts across several Indian states, the force said in a statement. 'Robin Hood' of Delhi arrested amid claims of 160 crimes 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z After the incident at the mall, he was newly charged with being an armed habitual criminal and a misdemeanor for resisting/obstructing. Chicago-area mayor running for Congress rips Kim Foxx: 'Putting rest of us at risk' 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z The judge said "habitual criminal" Joselyn's "depraved desecration" of the graves had been deliberate and premeditated and could only be punished with a prison sentence. Barnsley: Jail for burglar who dug up grave in jewellery search 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Under the law, if a person “shall be considered a habitual criminal and shall be punished by imprisonment in state prison or state correctional facility for such felony for the maximum term provided by law.” MA high court: Judges can grant probation on ‘third strike’ 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Sarpy County District Judge George Thompson sentenced Stephen R. Prior, 56, after agreeing with a jury that he met the criteria as a habitual criminal, The Omaha World-Herald reported. Man sentenced to 165 to 220 years on several felonies 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z He was arrested on a host of charges, including being an armed habitual criminal and possessing controlled substances. Dad charged after son finds his gun, shoots himself in hand 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z The 58-year-old man was convicted of armed robbery and serving a mandatory life term under the habitual criminal law. Illinois governor grants commutations amid pandemic 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Another man was arrested nearby shortly after the shooting and charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and as an armed habitual criminal. Man arrested in shooting of 13 people at Chicago house party 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Witherow was convicted in Nevada of armed robbery of a jewelry store and received a habitual criminal enhancement because of his prior felonies. Paroled lifer turns advocate, go-between for Nevada inmates 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Rodney Smith, 51, made an initial appearance in Natrona County Circuit Court Monday on a charge of manslaughter and being a habitual criminal. Bail set at $100K for Wyoming man charged with killing wife 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z He faced up to life in prison as a habitual criminal. Man convicted of burglarizing Wayne Newton’s home sentenced 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z He also previously pleaded guilty to one count of “armed habitual criminal.” Man convicted of sexual assault handed a 118-year sentence 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z The image of bail as a surefire means of protection for society against habitual criminals or fugitives from justice is largely a fiction. Column: Facing eradication, the bail industry gears up to mislead the public about its value 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Seattle’s leniency is a draw for habitual criminals from all over. Seattle’s persistent crime problem demands change 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Small, slender, and with a tendency to giggle, Toshio looks nothing like a habitual criminal, much less someone who'd threaten women with knives. Why some Japanese pensioners want to go to jail 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Rhyme, whom a police spokesman describes as an “armed habitual criminal,” reportedly ignored a request from officers to stay inside the vehicle. Chicago police make first gun-related arrest of 2019 -- two minutes into new year 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z The sheriff’s office says she was booked into the county jail on suspicion of grand larceny, possession of a stolen vehicle, disobeying a peace officer, speeding and being a habitual criminal. Las Vegas woman who escaped from prison caught in Nye County 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z A charge of being a habitual criminal was dropped as part of a plea agreement. Man pleads no contest to fatal Thanksgiving Day crash 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z He was sentenced as a habitual criminal for crimes including involuntary manslaughter to life without the possibility of parole. Prison inmate serving life sentence dies 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z He was sentenced as a habitual criminal for crimes including involuntary manslaughter to life without the possibility of parole. Prison inmate serving life sentence dies 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z In a news release, the police department says 33-year-old James Harrison is also charged with felony counts of disarming a police officer, aggravated battery and being an armed habitual criminal. Man arrested after pointing gun at Chicago police officer 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Twenty-nine-year-old Jordan Watkins of Chicago is charged with felony counts of unlawful use of a weapon by a parolee and being an armed habitual criminal. Police arrest man carrying loaded AK-47 onto train platform 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z The Washoe County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement Monday Judge Scott Freeman granted prosecutors’ request for habitual criminal status at last week’s sentencing. New Mexico counterfeiter gets up to 18 years in Nevada 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Franklin’s sentence will be handed down after habitual criminal proceedings take place in June. Leader of sex trafficking ring convicted on 30 counts 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z It would also allow a review of a habitual criminal mandatory sentencing. Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Officials say Roux was sentenced to the Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center nearly five years ago after being convicted of being a habitual criminal. Female prison inmate dies at hospice center 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z “I was losing a bit of hope,” Kimble said inside Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center where she is serving time for being a habitual criminal. Prison beauty school offers female inmates hope 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Under the measure, a person would be declared a habitual criminal after a third violent felony conviction or a fourth felony conviction of any kind. Delaware lawmakers approve changes to habitual-offender law 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z The legislation to be considered Thursday eliminates mandatory life sentences for habitual offenders and distinguishes between violent felonies and all other felonies in sentencing habitual criminals. State Senate votes on Delaware habitual offender law 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Also, offenders determined to be habitual criminals are subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years added to the sentence for their crime. Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z A substitute bill introduced Wednesday eliminates mandatory life sentences for habitual offenders and distinguishes between violent felonies and all other felonies in sentencing habitual criminals. Lawmakers eye changes to Delaware habitual offender law 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Markell also expressed support for eliminating mandatory sentences for some habitual criminal offenders, and for reducing job obstacles for ex-offenders by revising professional licensing and certification requirements. In State of State, Markell seeks to trim health care costs 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Additional proposals are up for debate to broaden the application of mandatory life sentences for habitual criminals, finance capital improvement projects, and boost spending on economic development. An overview of New Mexico’s 30 day legislative session 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Prosecutors dropped 13 other forgery counts and one of being a habitual criminal in exchange for Dieter’s pleas. Columbus man takes deal in Platte County counterfeiting case 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z He faces 15 counts of forgery and one of being a habitual criminal. Trial set for 2nd person accused in counterfeiting scheme 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Andrew Davies, defending, said: "Although a habitual criminal he is trying to get his life on track. He is attempting to turn his life around." 'Sorry' burglar confesses to victims 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Prosecutors dropped a third count and a charge of being a habitual criminal in exchange for Johnson’s pleas. Nebraska man gets 40 years for crash deaths of 3 people 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z In August, Lamb rejected a plea deal in another, more recent arrest, in which he is charged with residential burglary, possession of stolen firearms and being a "habitual criminal." Key witness recants testimony in murder of Johnsburg teen 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Lamb, 30, is charged with residential burglary, possession of stolen firearms and being an "armed habitual criminal." Man with ties to Johnsburg disappearance case rejects plea deal 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Attorney General Jon Bruning said none of the released inmates were murderers and most were habitual criminals who received mandatory minimum sentences. Nebraska releases prisoners by mistake, tries to get some back 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The policy transforms a first-time offender into a "habitual criminal" subject to multiple sentences and mandatory sentencing guidelines. Florida man appeals 162 year sentence on cellphone privacy grounds 2014-04-25T16:21:44Z It quotes the defence barrister of one of the sisters as saying that - if claims aired previously in court about Ms Lawson taking drugs were true - then she is a "habitual criminal". Match fixing and migration - the front pages 2013-11-28T01:49:14Z Quintanilla, a habitual criminal with six burglary convictions on his record, was sentenced to die for the shooting death of Victor Billings in Victoria, Texas, about 120 miles southwest of Houston, in November 2002. Texas to execute man convicted of 2002 murder during robbery 2013-07-15T21:52:57Z The honest man has generally a better chance than the habitual criminal, however small his chance may be. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z So Polk give him five years, sayin' it was his second offense, and that he was a 'habitual criminal.' The Other Fellow 2011-08-23T02:00:31.420Z Sir: I scarcely know why I write this letter, but I suppose even an habitual criminal does not care to remain under an unjust suspicion. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z That clergyman afterward confided to me his doubts of "deathbed repentances," at least in the case of habitual criminals. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z Expirees from Tasmania, where the transportation system had only lately come to an end, had swelled the proportion of habitual criminals. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Nearly 76 per cent. of their number hence proved habitual criminals. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z "These are habitual criminals seeking routine profits to fund a fairly haphazard, itinerant lifestyle," says Superintendent Paul Brogden of the British Transport Police. Any old iron 2011-04-10T15:55:35Z Man is too fallible to condemn another as an habitual criminal and exterminate him. The Nation Behind Prison Bars 2011-02-10T03:00:55.530Z Boys whose offences are too serious for probation are sent, not to a jail or chain-gang, where they become habitual criminals, but to a reform school, where they are taught regular habits of work. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z On Dec. 2, some of the jurors went to Superior Court in New Haven to see the judge impose the death sentence on Mr. Hayes, the habitual criminal who called himself “an angry monster.” Harrowing Cheshire Case Still Haunts Jurors 2011-01-02T00:26:47Z Before he was sentenced, Clark was declared a habitual criminal, making him eligible for the 1,152 years in prison. Man Gets Life Sentence for Killing Broncos Player 2010-05-01T02:12:00Z During a hearing earlier Friday, Clark was declared a habitual criminal, making him eligible for the 1,152 years in prison. Man gets life sentence for killing Broncos player 2010-04-30T23:59:00Z The suspects, both habitual criminals, were arrested a block from the house. 2010-01-19T08:28:00Z I imagine that the pendulum has now swung the other way, and that one of the most hopeful and practical schemes is the prevention of marriage among habitual criminals and the feeble-minded. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History There died lately, in a Western State prison, a man of the class known as habitual criminals. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document The appearance of structural defects in habitual criminals points less to atavistic reversion than to radical divergence from the normal type of humanity. A Problem in Modern Ethics being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists But it did suggest this: as a habitual criminal, the man was more than ordinarily dangerous. Forget Me Nearly They are not, in that sense, habitual criminals. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police I think it a very good account of these last that we don’t think them either deformed or habitual criminals—they seem to be a kindly lot. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) But every effort was vain; he was drawn, against his will, to a house where an habitual criminal whom his lordship had let loose upon society was engaged in preparing poisoned food for a family. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The habitual criminal, who remains a criminal in his maturity, in whom crime is inborn and ineradicable, who cannot develop a moral sense, he explains at first by atavism. A Problem in Modern Ethics being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists The insane, and habitual criminals make the only exceptions, for their abnormal and irresponsible cerebral organization is a perpetual danger to society. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study They might make all the difference between a nominal sentence as a first offender and five years' penal servitude as an habitual criminal, to say nothing of police supervision afterwards. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police Marks of wounds inflicted in quarrels and attempted suicide are frequent in habitual criminals. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso This classication ranges them under five different headings, the political criminal, the occasional criminal, the criminal of passion, the instinctive criminal, and the habitual criminal or recidivist. A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science Carping critics have, indeed, declared the Tombs to be too luxurious, declaring that habitual criminals enjoy a stay at the prison and actually commit crime so that they may enjoy some of its hotel-like comforts. The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life I have no visible means of subsistence, and, if these things are crimes, I'm an habitual criminal. Anthony Lyveden Then, as now, its chief work lay in classifying the records and photographs of habitual criminals, compiling the "Rogues' Gallery," which is still of inestimable value in the prevention of crime. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police Not long since somebody or other diagnosed in him the habitual criminal. The Merry-Go-Round Imprisonment will frequently ruin him and be the cause of his becoming a confirmed or habitual criminal. A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science Carmelo and his brother Rosario at Castellinaria have both been in prison for attempting to murder, but they can neither of them be said ever to have belonged to the class of habitual criminals. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions From a hunted fugitive and habitual criminal he had become a defender of his country's honor—a potential hero. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea This rarely happens in the case of murder, for the reason that a murderer is unlikely, in an official sense, to be an habitual criminal. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police Thus transportation not only removes the habitual criminal, it extinguishes the embers of insurrection: it prevents the dreaded war between property and poverty, and silently withdraws a mass of dangerous discontent. The History of Tasmania , Volume II The distinction between the habitual criminal and the instinctive criminal is not merely an academical one but emphatically a practical one. A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science For the feast, the court-room had been transformed into a banqueting hall, and the magistrates’ bench, where habitual criminals were created and families ruined and order maintained, was hidden in flowers. Clayhanger The fellow looked like an habitual criminal, or at least like a confirmed loafer. The Colonel's Dream Since 1896 prison officials have furnished to Scotland Yard, every week, a list of prisoners about to be released who are habitual criminals. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police Nevada has a purely punitive sterilization law applying to habitual criminals and sex offenders. Applied Eugenics He believed he possessed no more conscience than any other habitual criminal. The Forfeit In these cases the danger of ever committing a habitual criminal to a hospital for the insane is especially apparent. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry The refugee was as often as not an habitual criminal, who might have broken out of prison on the eve of execution. The Customs of Old England The main work of the department is to furnish the clue to a past career by scrutinising the finger-prints of persons on remand to discover whether they are habitual criminals or not. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police The Washington law applies to habitual criminals and sex offenders; it is a punitive measure which may be ordered by the court passing sentence on the offender, but has never been put in force. Applied Eugenics Unfortunately for me, however, my position is more like that of the habitual criminal who is sent to the penitentiary periodically. Olympian Nights The unfavorable hygienic surroundings which are found in most prisons, the scarcity of air and exercise, readily prepare the way for a breakdown, even in an habitual criminal. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry He seems to have been, if not an habitual criminal himself, at least an associate of criminals, and he was without doubt a foreigner. The Lighted Way The effects of this neglect result in the passing of sentences of too great severity on first offenders and the young; and of too much leniency on hardened and habitual criminals. Crime and Its Causes "Surely the habitual criminal has it in a marked degree?" At a Winter's Fire The argument for exemption of women is equally cogent for exemption of habitual criminals, for they too are abnormally inaccessible to reason, abnormally disposed to obedience to the suasion of their unregulated impulses and passions. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 The degenerative psychoses, on the other hand, develop upon the well-characterized degenerative soil of the habitual criminal, and are products of predisposition plus environmental influence. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry His introspection did not reach to a point of suspecting that he, an habitual criminal, was necessarily of a sort to be most objectionable as the protector of a young girl. Within the Law Before jumping at this conclusion it must not be forgotten that there is such a person as the habitual criminal. Crime and Its Causes The poor reviewers are apparently reduced to be the reporters of the police-court of literature, the chroniclers of the doings of the habitual criminals of art. Intentions As Tarzan turned toward the men about him he saw the crafty, evil faces of habitual criminals. Return of Tarzan As we have stated, the great majority of them are full-fledged habitual criminals and can be easily recognized by their “degenerative habitus.” Studies in Forensic Psychiatry The Medical Press and Circular finds in an Indian contemporary some curious instances of misapplied ingenuity on the part of certain habitual criminals in that country. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine After these observations, it will be seen that the habitual criminal, the man who lives by burglary, housebreaking, shoplifting, and theft of every description, is not to be classed among the destitute. Crime and Its Causes I think it a very good account of these last that we don't think them either deformed or habitual criminals - they seem to be a kindly lot. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 As for habitual criminals, their anthropological characteristics remind us that we must distinguish between the two crises of their criminal activity, and, as a consequence, between the methods of defence against them. Criminal Sociology Is it at all strange that he has developed finally into the habitual criminal? Studies in Forensic Psychiatry Robert Damiens, a native of Arras, had been exiled as an habitual criminal, and returning in disguise made an attempt upon the life of Louis XV, January 5, 1757. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Now, this is exactly the position of many habitual criminals, and more especially of that large class of them which is being continually convicted and reconvicted of petty offences. Crime and Its Causes This hatred towards society and its members is not natural, is not innate in even the worst of men, but is the product of the injustice in the midst of which these habitual criminals live. Freeland A Social Anticipation In any case, whether we decide on transportation to the interior or beyond the seas, for born and habitual criminals, there is still the question as to the form of seclusion. Criminal Sociology If this is true the question arises whether the habitual criminal does not rather belong in a hospital than in a prison. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry I saw there also a couple without children; the man had the slouch and hang-dog look of an habitual criminal. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe In Staffordshire "it is an ascertained fact, that there is scarcely an habitual criminal in the county who has not been imprisoned as a child." Crime and Its Causes It may turn out to be imprisonment for life, and the advocates of this mode of action frankly say that such ought to be the disposition of all incorrigible and habitual criminals. The American Judiciary What, then, is the numerical proportion of habitual criminals to the aggregate number of criminals? Criminal Sociology The habitual criminal who suffers from a degenerative psychosis, unless he is in a stupor, is constantly on the alert for a chance to escape. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry Moreover, when this innocent youth has completed his term, he will be thenceforth a marked man—"an habitual criminal," with a record against him; and he can be rearrested on general principles at any time. The Subterranean Brotherhood In like manner the habitual criminal acquires the habits of his class. Crime and Its Causes But I think he lacks the cleverness requisite for a habitual criminal. Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia They are to be confined to a certain number, who may be called congenital, incorrigible, and habitual criminals. Criminal Sociology This case is interesting only in so far as it illustrates exceptionally well the rôle of alcoholism in the habitual criminal. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry The young single offender, if not properly handled, may be easily transformed into an habitual criminal. Sociology and Modern Social Problems The habitual criminal, as he will very soon tell you if you possess his confidence absolutely, declines to work. Crime and Its Causes Every effort is made to keep juvenile offenders from associating with habitual criminals. Problems in American Democracy Thus the kind of crimes of habitual criminals would only be about one-tenth of the complete legal classification of crimes and offences. Criminal Sociology All modern prisons are places of torture by restraint, and the habitual criminal plays the part of a damaged mouse at the mercy of the cat of our law. A Modern Utopia The habitual criminal is a normal person who has acquired the tendency to crime from his environment. Sociology and Modern Social Problems The habitual criminal, who alternates between periods of crime and periods of imprisonment, should be an unknown phenomenon. Problems of Conduct A shoplifter rarely becomes a habitual criminal until after she passes the age of twenty-five. The Dream Doctor He considers that born and habitual criminals confine themselves almost exclusively to serious crime, and occasional criminals to minor offences. Criminal Sociology Nearly all occasional and habitual criminals ceased voluntarily from their depredations. Revolution, and Other Essays These marks of degeneracy are of course especially common among the instinctive or born criminals, and to some extent they are found among the habitual criminals also. Sociology and Modern Social Problems Her association with this person, and with another man named Percy Stendall, was curious, as both men were habitual criminals and had served several terms of penal servitude each. Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo I have observed that habitual criminals—like all savage beasts—cower before the man who has once mastered them. For the Term of His Natural Life On the other hand, we have seen that born and habitual criminals are about 40 or 50 per cent.; so that the occasional criminals would also be between 40 and 50 per cent. Criminal Sociology Let us take a simple case, that of a thief, a habitual criminal, who has drifted into stealing in childhood, before the moral consciousness has awakened. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: the Book of the Spiritual Man The habitual criminal, who originally was a normal person, can be, at least in the early part of his career, fully reformed. Sociology and Modern Social Problems Now, in this franker intimacy of self-communion he found himself instituting a comparison between his own brand of courage and that of the habitual criminal. Twelve Stories and a Dream We have already preventive detention for older persons, who, having been four times convicted of serious crime, are proved to be "habitual criminals." London's Underworld To these numerical data may be added others of a qualificative character, showing that precocity is most frequent in respect of the natural crimes and offences which are usually observed amongst born and habitual criminals. Criminal Sociology Another point is that of acquittal in case of an equality of votes, especially where born and habitual criminals are concerned. Criminal Sociology A more common type of habitual criminal, however, is the occasional habitual criminal, a weak person who drifts into crime through temptation and who has not strength of character enough to throw off the habit. Sociology and Modern Social Problems The eloquent criminal expert of Amsterdam, speaking ``on the discretion which should be left to the judge in awarding punishment,'' made a primary distinction between habitual criminals, incorrigible and corrigible, and occasional criminals. Criminal Sociology They are not in ignorance, for the highest authorities know perfectly well that every year many hundreds of helpless and hopeless degenerates or defectives are committed to prison and tabulated as habitual criminals. London's Underworld Whilst the statistics of relapse give us a very limited number of crimes and offences committed by born and habitual criminals, science and criminal legislation give us a far more extended classification. Criminal Sociology In the first place, it is necessary to distinguish, amongst habitual criminals, those who present a conspicuous and clinical form of mental aberration, which accounts for their anti-social activity. Criminal Sociology It is estimated that habitual criminals of both types mentioned constitute from 40 per cent to 50 per cent of our prison population. Sociology and Modern Social Problems Apart from their organic and psychological characteristics, innate or acquired, there are two bio-sociological symptoms which seem to me to be common, though for distinct reasons, to born criminals and habitual criminals. Criminal Sociology But the young men for whom I now plead are a hundred times more numerous and a hundred times more hopeful than the old habitual criminals, whose position excites so much attention. London's Underworld This might be good for an occasional criminal, or a criminal of passion, but would be absurd and dangerous for habitual criminals and old offenders. 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