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The authors describe a study of criminal recidivism during an eight- to nine-year period; it indicated that increased recidivism rates were associated with the following factors: "flat-timer" status (reflecting a more extensive criminal career), relative youth, and diagnoses of sociopathy, alcoholism, and drug dependency. Remission of the latter two conditions was correlated with a decline of recidivism.
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Guzé et al. (1970) studied this question.
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