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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| relapse | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| reversion | x/x | Verb, Noun | 
| backsliding | /xx | Noun, Noun | 
| lapsing | /x | Noun, Noun | 
| reverting | x/x | Noun, Noun | 
| incarceration | xxx/x | Noun | 
| delinquency | x/xx | Noun | 
| offenders | x/x | Noun | 
| criminality | xx/xx | Noun | 
| desistance | x/x | Noun | 
| truancy | /xx | Noun | 
| crime | / | Noun | 
| homelessness | /xx | Noun | 
| parolees | xx/ | Noun | 
| dangerousness | /xxx | Noun | 
| unemployment | xx/x | Noun | 
| joblessness | /xx | Noun | 
| felons | /x | Noun | 
| probationers | x/xx | Noun | 
| morbidity | x/xx | Noun | 
| radicalization | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| psychopathy | x/xx | Noun | 
| criminal | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| violence | /xx | Noun | 
| obesity | x/xx | Noun | 
| criminalization | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| sentencing | /xx | Noun | 
| maltreatment | x/x | Noun | 
| hopelessness | /xx | Noun | 
| psychopathology | /xx/xx | Noun | 
| stigmatization | /xx/x | Noun | 
| prisons | /x | Noun | 
| probation | x/x | Noun | 
| rehabilitation | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| juveniles | /xx | Noun | 
| offenses | x/x | Noun | 
| institutionalization | xxxxxx/x | Noun | 
| imprisonment | x/xx | Noun | 
| employability | x/x/xx | Noun | 
| disenfranchisement | xx/xx | Noun | 
| repeat offender | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| readmission | xx/x | Noun | 
| second chance | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| revolving door | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| rejoining | x/x | Verb | 
| recursion | x/x | Noun | 
| revisiting | x/xx | Verb | 
| recurring | x/x | Adjective | 
| reappearing | xx/x | Verb | 
| reintegration | x/xxx | Noun | 
| reelection | xx/x | Noun | 
| reappearance | xx/x | Noun | 
| reinfection | xx/x | Noun | 
| repeating | x/x | Verb | 
| reprisal | x/x | Noun | 
| retracing | x/x | Verb | 
| rebirth | x/ | Noun | 
| reeducation | xxxxx | Noun | 
| rediscovery | xx/x | Noun | 
| reenactment | xx/x | Noun | 
| reiteration | xxx/x | Noun | 
| released | x/ | Noun | 
| molesters | x/x | Noun | 
| undetected | xx/x | Adjective | 
| psychopaths | /xx | Noun | 
| predictors | x/x | Noun | 
| predicting | x/x | Verb | 
| delinquents | x/x | Noun | 
| reducing | x/x | Verb | 
| violent | /xx | Adjective | 
| curbing | /x | Verb | 
| likelihood | /xx | Noun | 
| prediction | x/x | Noun | 
| reductions | x/x | Noun | 
| preventing | x/x | Verb | 
| deterrent | x/x | Noun | 
| sexual | /xx | Adjective | 
| cure | / | Noun | 
| inmates | /x | Noun | 
| rates | / | Noun | 
| smoking | /x | Verb | 
| deterrence | x/x | Noun | 
| probability | xx/xx | Noun | 
| risk | / | Noun | 
| sanctions | /x | Noun | 
| alcoholic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| lowering | /xx | Verb | 
| prisoners | /xx | Noun | 
| decrease | x/ | Verb | 
| chances | /x | Noun | 
| adult | x/ | Adjective | 
| correlates | /xx | Noun | 
| later | /x | Adverb | 
| eventual | x/xx | Adjective | 
| prevention | x/x | Noun | 
| impact | x/ | Noun | 
| eliminating | x/xxx | Verb | 
| incidence | /xx | Noun | 
| less | / | Adjective | 
| related | x/x | Verb | 
| measures | /x | Noun | 
| sex | / | Noun | 
| subsequent | /xx | Adjective | 
| accrue | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| credibility | xx/xx | Noun | 
| culpability | xx/xx | Noun | 
| demand | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| desirability | xxx/xx | Noun | 
| deviance | /xx | Noun | 
| effectiveness | x/xx | Noun | 
| funding | /x | Noun | 
| liquidity | x/xx | Noun | 
| maladjustment | xx/x | Noun | 
| misbehavior | xx/x | Noun | 
| offence | x/ | Noun | 
| relevancy | /xxx | Noun | 
| repetition | xx/x | Noun, Verb | 
| victimization | xxx/x | Noun | 
| save | / | Verb, Noun | 
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| get | / | Verb, Noun | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| headlines | /x | Noun | 
| fall | / | Verb, Noun | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| sorta | /x | Adverb | 
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
