Youth and Adult Correctional Intervention

20 Delinquance terms

Hi, I'm Audréane L'Heureux and I have been in my program for 1 and a half year. If you're just someone who is curious about delinquency, how to help others and how we deal with it, you're in the right place. Youth and Adult Correctional Intervention refers to the various strategies, programs, and approaches used to address and rehabilitate individuals involved in delinquent or criminal behavior (youth and adult too). My glossary consists of 20 words as well as 20 clear definitions that I found in our book Actively Engaged Online , but I also found a few words on Wikipedia. I invite you to go look at my glossary :).

Addiction
noun
The fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity.
Example: In the quiet suburbs, his addiction to online gaming consumed his days and nights, leaving his relationships shattered and his future uncertain.
fr: Dépendance
As you can see, there are several types of ADDICTION. In my clientele I will have people with addictions.
Authority
noun
1. The power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience. 2. A person or organization having power or control in a particular, typically political or administrative, sphere.
Example: However, the state also performs certain hegemonic functions too, justifying its own existence and AUTHORITY in the rhetoric of the courts and in its celebration of the nation.
fr: Autorité
In my profession the authority can be sought in various contexts, such as criminal investigations, the formulation of crime prevention policies, in youth centers, in prison and more.
Communication
noun
1. The imparting or exchanging of information or news. 2. Means of sending or receiving information, such as phone lines or computers.
Example: In their line of work, effective COMMUNICATION has proven to be the key to resolving complex cases and building trust within the community.
fr: Communication
Communication is important to us since this is how we interact with our clients :)
Criminal offence
noun
The criminal offense is a violation of a state law, resulting from an external act of the individual, positive or negative, socially attributable, not justified by the fulfillment of a duty or the exercise of 'a state law. a right and which is subject to a penalty provided for by law.
Example: The statute chosen for the prosecution was the Sexual Offences Act, under which it is a CRIMINAL OFFENCE to procure persons for acts of gross indecency in a public place.
fr: Infraction pénale
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Criminogenic factors
Criminogenic Needs are factors in an offender's life that are directly related to recidivism. Research has identified six factors that are directly related to crime: low self-control, anti-social personality, anti-social values, criminal peers, substance abuse and dysfunctional family and more.
Example: Researchers determined that Lucas' criminogenic factors were drug addiction and his dysfunctional family.
fr: Facteurs criminogènes
This is some of the criminogenic factors
Delinquency
noun
Failure to do what law requires.
Example: DELINQUENCY are one form of deviance strictly speaking, DELINQUENCY refers to anti - social and illegal behaviour, but in sociology it is usually linked with "juvenile" and used to refer to the criminality and misconduct of youths.
fr: Délinquance
Delinquency also occurs among adults, but for most their delinquency developed during childhood.
detox treatments
noun
Drug detoxification is variously interpreted or construed as a type of "medical" intervention or technique regarding drug-mediated physical dependence.
Example: Madam Bennett asked to do a DETOX TREATMENTS for her heroin addiction.
fr: cures détox
As you can see there's different kinds of detox that we can propose to our clients.
Homeless
adjective
A person without a home, and therefore typically living on the streets.
Example: Women, on the other hand, were poorly treated by the New Deal at first; the Hundred Days did nothing for the 140,000 HOMELESS women and girls or the 4 million unemployed.
fr: Sans-abri
This is a homeless man sleeping in the streets. Fortunately there are several community organizations that help these people and with to my program I could do this job.
Intervention
noun
Take part in action ton settle a problem of a person or situation, with words or gestures
Example: The social worker is doing an intervention with the struggling family, providing emotional support and resources to help resolve conflicts and restore family well-being.
fr: Intervention
Intervention can arrive in any situation and with everyone , youth and adult people.
Isolation
noun
The complete separation from others.
Example: After witnessing a violent crime, the victim chose to ISOLATE herself from the outside world for several weeks to recover from the traumatic incident.
fr: Isolement
In my profession we will have isolated clients that we will have to help.
Juvenile 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.
Example: Juvenile delinquency has decreased in some areas because of prevention and intervention programs.
fr: Délinquance juvénile
Depending on our choices we can decide our a clientele aged in juvenile : 6-12 or 12-18 years old.
Marginality
adjective
The state or condition of being isolated from and not fully accepted by the dominant society or culture, and therefore frequently disadvantaged.
Example: MARGINALIZED since childhood, Lucas has found refuge in the city's dark alleys, where he befriends other misfits in search of understanding and belonging.
fr: Marginal/ Marginale
Marginalized people are often people who may seem different from us, but who are not necessarily so :)
Mental health
noun
A person’s condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being.
Example: Where relationship problems were primary no women were sectioned, whether or not a MENTAL HEALTH problem was present.
fr: santé mentale
Mental health awareness is essential to promote the holistic well-being of individuals and create more resilient societies.
Penitentiary
noun
A prison for people convicted of serious crimes.
Example: Patrick will go to the PENITENTIARY since he committed a crime.
fr: Pénitencier
This is a United States Penitentiary.
Probation officer
noun
An officer appointed to investigate, report on, and supervise the conduct of convicted offenders on probation
Example: The probation officer conducted an intervention with the recently released offender, offering guidance, support, and resources to facilitate their successful reintegration into society and reduce the risk of reoffending.
fr: Contrôleur judiciaire
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Psychiatric hospital
noun
An institution providing residential care for people with mental conditions.
Example: Mary admits that she has to go to the mental hospital to help her with her mental health problems.
fr: Hopital psychiatrique
Since we have clients who are patient at the hospital, sometimes we need to go there or we can also work as educator.
Social rehabilitation
noun
The re-integration of a convicted person into society to help them stop reoffending.
Example: The SOCIAL REHABILITATION center implemented an intervention for the recovering addicts, providing counseling, vocational training, and community support to facilitate their social reintegration into society and promote long-term recovery.
fr: Réinsertion sociale
A big part of our job is to rehabilitate these people. :)
Social work
noun
Work carried out by trained professionals with the aim of helping people who have social disadvantages or personal problems.
Example: Secondary prevention may take place when an applicant is accepted as a client of a SOCIAL WORK agency. For example, a normally well - functioning family may be thrown into an acute state of crisis through a traumatic event; a SOCIAL WORK assessment may indicate the need for intervention, of a short - term nature, with a view to restoring non - client status
fr: Travail social
Social work encompasses several professions :)
Victim
noun
A person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action
Example: It turned its attention to "VICTIM" support. of children especially. or Madam Bennett is a VICTIM of domestic abuse.
fr: Victime
Although we work with criminalized clients we work also with the victims. In most cases both are even related.
Violence
noun
Behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.
Example: Physical VIOLENCE inflicts visible and invisible injuries, leaving lasting consequences on the victims and those around them.
fr: Violence
Although we often refer to violence as physical violence, it is important to note that there are other kinds of violence.