| 单词 | detention centre |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdetention centre detention centre n. an institution in which young offenders are detained for short periods. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > place of detention or lock-up > for juveniles remand home1901 remand centre1937 detention centre1948 juvie1967 1948 Act 11 & 12 Geo. VI c. 58 §48 Detention centres, that is to say places in which persons not less than fourteen but under twenty-one years of age who are ordered to be detained in such centres under this Act may be kept for short periods under discipline suitable to persons of their age and description. 1961 Listener 19 Oct. 612/1 Mr. Sewell Stoke's talk on detention centres..paints a rosy picture of this comparatively new method of dealing with boys and young men of fourteen to twenty-one. < as lemmas |
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