单词 | throughcare |
释义 | > as lemmasthroughcare throughcare n. Brit. /ˈθruːkɛː/ , U.S. /ˈθruˌkɛ(ə)r/ originally and chiefly British continuity of care or supervision throughout (and sometimes beyond) the time spent by an inmate in a prison or (esp. outside the U.K.) by a resident in another institution; a system which emphasizes this.ΚΠ 1971 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 18 Dec. 742/1 Now the officer sees the client in prison, may supervise him on parole, or help him voluntarily on discharge from prison; in fact the service can now offer real ‘through-care’. 1973 J. A. Pendleton in Internat. Jrnl. Offender Therapy & Compar. Criminol. 17 15 It had been said..that after-care should start at the moment when the offender is sentenced, or even earlier. At long last this notion has been put into practice. Many departments have already adopted a system of ‘through-care’. 1994 Daily Tel. 12 Oct. 37/7 In America ‘through-care’ is the buzz word. It means that the retirement home buyer can go through all the stages from ‘sprightly’ to ‘marvellous for his age’ and ‘getting a bit tottery’—and finally needing 24-hour nursing care—without having to move again. 2002 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 7 July A throughcare system which not only encourages prisoners to address their offending but also looks to their release with arrangements for housing tenancy and job interviews. < as lemmas |
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