Now it is evident on the face of it that the above quoted clause of the proposed “Habitual Criminals Bill” is beset by many grave objections.
The most highly developed and the most widely extended slang of this kind is that used by habitual criminals.
The distinction between accidental criminals and habitual criminals is essential in practice as well as in theory; it must be the foundation of penal law.
Wilson read a paper on "The Moral Imbecility of Habitual Criminals as exemplified by cranial measurements.
A complete description of the system as employed in England may be found in a pamphlet entitled "The Identification of Habitual Criminals," published by The Police Review.
Accordingly it was decided in 1877 that, in future, the registers (the compilation of which was at this time transferred from Scotland Yard to the Home Office) should contain only the descriptions of habitual criminals, officially so called.
In order that police supervision may be safe and effectual, it is of course necessary that the identification of habitual criminals should be certain and the registration of convicts complete.
With thousands of convicted felons, as with the ninety-and-nine of habitual criminals, it is essentially different.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "habitual criminals" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
