20 Youth and Adult Correctional Intervention. terms
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.