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corrections

DEFINITIONS OF: corrections

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n the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole

Type of:
social control
control exerted (actively or passively) by group action

n the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders

“for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections”
Synonyms:
department of corrections
Type of:
department of local government, local department
a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government
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