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Definition of Detention home

1. Noun. An institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court).

Definition of Detention home

1. Noun. (American English) An institution in which juvenile offenders are temporarily housed ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Detention home

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Careers for women by Catherine Filene (1920)
"CHIEF MATRON IN A detention home FOR GIRLS MRS. AB WHITE Chief Matron, Boston Detention Haute jar Women Description of occupation THE duties of a chief of a ..."

2. Preventive Treatment of Neglected Children by Hastings Hornell Hart (1910)
"After the detention home removed into the new building and the girls were included, the board of education provided a teacher for them and later a ..."

3. The Delinquent Child and the Home by Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge, Edith Abbott (1912)
"Q. Judge, what is the function of the detention home? A. The detention home was established under an act of the legislature, I think in 1907, ..."

4. Problems of Child Welfare by George Benjamin Mangold (1914)
"The detention home is a temporary shelter for the child about to be brought into the juvenile court. When the child is arrested he ..."

5. The Springfield Survey: Study of Social Conditions in an American City by Shelby Millard Harrison (1920)
"Briefly, the detention home, while well administered by the superintendent, was not serving its purpose and was not fitted to do so; and conditions in the ..."

6. Deficiency and Delinquency: An Interpretation of Mental Testing by James Burt Miner (1918)
"A similar local condition probably explains the high percentage of tested deficiency among the following group of boys in the Newark, NJ, detention home. ..."

7. Harvey Humphrey Baker, Upbuilder of the Juvenile Court by Judge Baker Guidance Center (1920)
"But the expense of maintaining any approach to the ideal detention home is also very heavy. Even if no provision is made for girls, there must be a ..."

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