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"Reformatory"
Keywords:
detention
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offenders
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juvenile
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convicts
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prison
Related Terms:
Delinquent
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Custody
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Delinquency
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Status offender
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Imprisonment
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Imprison
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Offender
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Felon
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Prison
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Juvenile delinquency
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Criminal
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Arrest
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Gaol
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Jail
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Penitentiary
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Suspect
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Extradition
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Incarceration
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Prisoner
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Parole
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Pardon
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Police caution
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Felony
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Delinquent act
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Entrapment
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Probation
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Status offense
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Offender
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Convict
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Absolute discharge
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Corrections
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Young offender
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Reprimand
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Offence
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Sex offender
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Commit
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Misdemeanor
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Criminal record
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Criminal contempt
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Criminal law
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Detention
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Commitment
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Detain
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Suspended sentence
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Contempt of court
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Sentence
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Offense
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Conditional discharge
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Clemency
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False imprisonment
An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders.
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A detention facility designed to change criminal behavior.
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correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders
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An institution to which juvenile offenders are sent with a view to their reformation.
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A reformatory is a juvenile prison where legal minors are sent by (juvenile or general) courts to spend a custodial sentence, separate from the bad example of and abuse by adult (often hardened) convicts, usually gender-separated (mainly boys).
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Keywords:
tending
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punishment
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rehabilitative
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agencies
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produce
Tending to produce reformation; reformative.
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tending to reform; "reformative and rehabilitative agencies"; "reformatory punishment"
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