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Definition of Correctional
1. Adjective. Concerned with or providing correction. "A correctional institution"
Definition of Correctional
1. a. Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution.
Definition of Correctional
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or intended for correction. ¹
2. Adjective. (Chiefly American English) Of or pertaining to the imprisonment or rehabilitation of convicted criminals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Correctional
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Correctional
Literary usage of Correctional
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. State Responses to Serious & Violent Juvenile Crime by Patricia Torbet, Richard Gable, Imogene Montgomery (1997)
"Chapter 4 correctional Programming for Juveniles Who Commit Violent or Other
Serious Offenses Trend: correctional administrators are under pressure to ..."
2. Ill-Equipped: U.S. Prisons and Offenders with Mental Illness by Sasha Abramsky (2003)
"The difficulties and frustrations of work as a correctional officer are ...
But few correctional officers have the training in and understanding of the ..."
3. Juvenile Offenders & Victims: A National Report by Howard N. Snyder (1995)
"Some juvenile correctional facilities look much like adult prisons. Others seem
much like "home." Unlike adult corrections, private facilities continue to ..."
4. No Minor Matter: Children in Maryland's Jails by Michael Bochenek, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1999)
"Maryland correctional standards—the only standards with which all jails and ...
2 Although a national corrections education group, the correctional ..."
5. The Progress of Continental Law in the Nineteenth Century by John Henry Wigmore, Edwin Montefiore Borchard, Frederick Pollock (1918)
"correctional Institutions. — The care of these classes of children has been ...
Houses of arrest2 and of detention for offences graded as " correctional "3 ..."
6. Overview of Addiction Treatment Effectiveness by Mim J. Landry (1996)
"correctional Treatment Programs The types of programs, models, and services
available for addicted offenders in correctional settings include (1) ..."
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