incorrigibility

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Some were held on loitering charges, while others were detained over their perceived "incorrigibility."

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

The “argument that the sentencer must make a finding of permanent incorrigibility is inconsistent with the court’s precedents,” Kavanaugh wrote.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2021

Could a state, Chief Justice John Roberts asked, just tell a judge: “Here are the things you need to consider, and transient youth or incorrigibility is one of them?”

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2019

A bunch of them were sent there for offenses they’d never heard of: malingering, mopery, incorrigibility.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 25, 2019

Summary: An orphan girl of 10 had been in several institutions and households, but was found everywhere impossible on account of her incorrigibility.

From Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology by Healy, William