Bodd arguing that the judge is responsible if the criminal re-offends and then complains what has that got to do with recidivism. Which I am sure you have googled by now.
It's taken you that long, to come up with that garbled attempt to backtrack?
The attacker was already a recidivist (reoffender).
The public should be protected from someone who thinks threatening people with a knife is ok.
The judge would (IMHO) be responsible for the result of any recidivism on any innocent member of the public. As I've already said, the attacker was already a reoffender.