Concept information
Preferred term
reformatories
Definition
- A reformatory is an institution for juvenile lawbreakers. Reformatories were originally intended to reform and educate young offenders rather than to punish them. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Reformatories]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/reformatories
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