[Camillo]

Well, of course. Criminals tend to commit multiple crimes. Would you prefer a world where crimes are just randomly committed by anyone, including you and your family, with uniform distribution? If you would, you know where to start.

[TheCoelacanth]

Kind of a cop out answer. Obviously some recidivism is caused by some people being predisposed to crime, but when some countries have recidivism rates that are half of other countries' rates, can you really claim that it explains all of it?