Correction glossary

Hi, my name is Lili-Rose Dubé. I live in Laval. I have been studying Youth and Adult Correctional Intervention for 2 years now. The glossary that I made could be useful for the student already studying in the program. It's going to help you understand more the vocabulary who in going to use many times in this field. It will also help you talk more clearly to your clientele.

accomplice

noun

A person who helps another commit a crime.

Example: An accomplice in the murder.

fr: complice

community center

noun

A place where people from a particular community can meet for social, educational, or recreational activities.

fr: centre communautaire

correction

noun

Punishment intended to reform, improve, or rehabilite.

fr: correction

crisis

noun

A time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger.

Example: The current economic crisis.

fr: crise

judgment

noun

The ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions.

Example: An error of judgment.

fr: jugement

juvenil delinquency

noun

The habitual committing of criminal acts or offenses by a young person, especially one below the age at which ordinary criminal prosecution is possible.

fr: délinquance juvénile

legal proceedings

noun

Action taken in a court to settle a dispute.

Example: She intends to start legal proceedings against them.

fr: poursuite judiciaire

marginal

adjective

Participating only slightly in the life of two cultural groups without feeling identified with either group.

fr: marginal(e)

offense

noun

A breach of a law or rule; an illegal act.

Example: Neither offense violates any federal law.

fr: infraction

probation

noun

The release of an offender from detention. subject to a period of good behavior under supervision.

fr: probation

rehabilitation

noun

The action of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness.

Example: She underwent rehabilitation and was walking within three weeks.

fr: réhabilitation

rehabilitation center

noun

A facility provinding therapy and training for rehabilitation.

Example: You need to go to a rehabilitation center.

fr: centre de réhabilitation

reintegration into society

noun

He support given to offenders during re-entry into society following imprisonment.

Example: We are going to help people reintegration into the society.

fr: réinsertion dans la société

report

verb

Give a spoken or written account of something that one has observed, heard, done, or investigated.

Example: The representative reported a decline in milk and meat production.

fr: rapport

stab

noun

A thrust with a knife or other pointed weapon.

Example: Multiple stab wounds.

fr: poignarder

sue

verb

Institute legal proceedings against (a person or institution), typically for redress.

Example: She is to sue the baby's father.

fr: poursuivre

technical handling behavior

noun

Techniques used to stop or change a negative behavior of a client in a positive behavior.

Example: We try to stop thme by using technical handling behavior.

fr: comportement technique de manipulation

violence

noun

Behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.

Example: Mental Health and Domestic violence 'I Call It Symptoms of Abuse' Aim of the health.

fr: violence

workshop

noun

A meeting at which a group of people engage in intensive discussion and activity on a particular subject or project.

Example: A writers' workshop was held on July 25–27.

fr: atelier

youth center

noun

A place or organization providing leisure activities for young people.

Example: The fifteen years old is going to a youth center.

fr: centre jeunesse

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