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This study was designed to analyze the juveniles’ experiences on phenomenological recidivism. Objectives of this study are to examine experiences adolescents had during their recidivism and to gain in-depth understanding of the nature of their experiences. For the reasons, interviews were conducted on six participants among inmates in a juvenile reformatory who were imposed in the 10th degree. The collected data was analyzed through Giorgi’s phenomenological methods. As a result, 7 essential elements and 41 sub elements were found through this study. The 7 essential elements consist of ‘Dysfunctional family environment’, ‘Response to parents’, ‘Getting along with peers, seniors and juniors’, ‘Pure participation in delinquency‘, ‘Experience of illegal disposition’, ‘Lack of introspection on the initial illegal disposition’, and ‘Internalization of values of delinquency and habitual recidivism’. Thanks to these components, we could identify lack of introspection about judicial disposition experience and key theme to become vicious circle of recidivism through internalization of delinquency value. At last, the significance of this research and the suggestions for further studies are discussed.