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  • Juvenile Court

    A court having special jurisdiction of a paternal nature over delinquent and neglected children. The jurisdiction of such a court is purely statutory. Such a court is not strictly a criminal court in the usual sense since its purpose is not that of punishment of the juvenile but the […]

  • Restorative Justice

    ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Dictionaries.Amnesty and Pardon; Comparative Criminal Law and Enforcement: Preliterate Societies; Informal Dispositions; Punishment; Rehabilitation; Retributivism; Sentencing: Alternatives; …

  • Society

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Society Meaning of Society See Club. Society Alternative Definition In its abstract sense (used with no article prefixed), the public at large; the […]

  • Capacity

    The meaning of this word depends on the assent to any contract. See Smith v Thornhill (Texas) 25 S. W.2d 597; Ashley v Holman, 15 S. C. 97.

  • Hospital Care

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Hospital Care Meaning of Hospital Care Reimbursement for both inpatient and outpatient medical care expenses incurred in a hospital. Inpatient Benefits include; Charges for room and board, charges for […]

  • Nothing Works

    Definition of Nothing Works The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Nothing Works: In 1974 authors D. Lipton, Robert Martinson and J. Wilks, using ‘meta-analysis’, assessed all the evaluations of criminal rehabilitation programs between 1945 and […]

  • Harm Reduction

    Definition of Harm Reduction The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Harm Reduction: A term often used in the discussion of drug users, prostitutes, etc. Rather than taking a moralistic approach, perhaps focusing on punishment or rehabilitation, the […]

  • Member

    One of the persons constituting a family , a partnership, an association , a club, a court , a legislative assembly .

  • Utilitarianism

    Definition of Utilitarianism The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meanings of Utilitarianism: (1) The theory that individuals are best able to define their needs, desires and goals, and where they have freedom to make choices the result will be the greatest […]

  • Recidivism

    noun backsliding degeneration deterioration habitual relapse into crime recreancy regression relapse repeated relapse into crime rétrogradation retrogression reversion …

  • Positive School

    Definition of Positive School The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Positive School: In criminology this refers to the first scientific school consisting of the Italian criminologists Cesare Lombroso (1836-1909), Raffaelo Garofalo (1852-1934) and Enrico […]

  • Positive School

    Definition of Positive School The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Positive School: In criminology this refers to the first scientific school consisting of the Italian criminologists Cesare Lombroso (1836-1909), Raffaelo Garofalo (1852-1934) and Enrico […]

  • Day-Training Centre

    English Legal System: Day-Training CentreIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Day-Training Centre : A place that provides social education and intensive probation supervision. A court may order a person subject to a *community […]