Ascendivism

Etymology of recidivism
Noun

habitual or chronic relapse, or tendency to relapse, especially into crime or antisocial behavior.

Latin recidivus < recidere,

Taken from French recidivste.

The term recidivism originates from Arnould Bonneville de Marsangy's 1844 book "De la Recidive."

Etymology of ascendivism

noun

habitual tendency to achieve a higher state of accomplishment becoming beneficial to society.

Ascendivism is the use of processes of personal transformation creating desirable behavior after experiencing the consequences of undesirable behavior. It may involve treatment, training or neuro-linguistic programming to create thoughts culminating in desirable results. Ascendivism is quantified as the percentage of people who have had incarceration experience who within a year of said experience become benefits to society by not repeating that experience.

Ascend to go up, move up, rise.

Ascendivism is a tendency to rise above a previous condition or mode of behavior, especially advancing to virtuous behavior.