The next features which stand out prominently in the lives of these individuals are their recidivism and the fact that every one of them came under the observation of an alienist on one or more occasions in his life.
Some part of the recidivism here is undoubtedly due to the kind of occupations which a child can carry on while attending school.
As regards recidivism and the enormous numbers tried, England is in as bad a position as Italy and France.
The greater tendency to recidivism in women has everywhere been noted, and is extremely well marked in England, where it is rapidly increasing, and is associated, it seems, with growing habits of alcoholism.
