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noun
Sense 1
the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole
Type of:
social control
noun
Sense 2
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"
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Sense Count
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Total Relationships
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