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cor·rec·tions

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. corrections, department of correctionsnoun

    the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders

    "for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections"

  2. correctionsnoun

    the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole

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  1. corrections

    Corrections generally refer to changes made to fix or rectify errors, mistakes, inaccuracies or misconduct. In a legal context, it can refer to the system of penalizing individuals who have committed crimes, involving imprisonment, probation, and rehabilitation programs. The term is versatile and can be used in several different contexts such as in writing, computer programming, mathematics, sciences, and more.

Wikidata

  1. Corrections

    In criminal justice, particularly in North America, correction, corrections, and correctional, are umbrella terms describing a variety of functions typically carried out by government agencies, and involving the punishment, treatment, and supervision of persons who have been convicted of crimes. These functions commonly include imprisonment, parole and probation. A typical correctional institution is a prison. A correctional system, also known as a penal system, thus refers to a network of agencies that administer a jurisdiction's prisons and community-based programs like parole and probation boards; this system is part of the larger criminal justice system, which additionally includes police, prosecution and courts. Jurisdictions throughout Canada and the US have ministries or departments, respectively, of corrections, correctional services, or similarly named agencies. Corrections is also the name of a field of academic study concerned with the theories, policies, and programs pertaining to the practice of corrections. Its object of study includes personnel training and management as well as the experiences of those on the other side of the fence — the unwilling subjects of the correctional process. Stohr and colleagues write that "Earlier scholars were more honest, calling what we now call corrections by the name penology, which means the study of punishment for crime."

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. corrections

    Reductions of observations of the sun, moon, or stars.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of corrections in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of corrections in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of corrections in a Sentence

  1. George Magnus:

    Like other nations, China wants a future based on high levels of innovation and productivity but is politically driven to create conditions which are stymieing both, the key challenge for China is going to be, with Xi in charge for a decade, are course corrections going to be possible ?

  2. Pedro Morenes:

    If the answers to the questions are positive, test flights of the grounded prototypes will be restarted and, from there, the authorisation for the others will start being granted. It's all about allowing the company to implement the corrections they consider appropriate and to continue to operate, which is what we want.

  3. President Obama:

    This self-reflection, this willingness to examine ourselves, to make corrections, to do better, that's part of what makes us Americans. It's part of what sets us apart from other nations, the United States is the most professional, most capable, most cutting-edge intelligence community in the world.

  4. Terry Kupers:

    Many state department of corrections are looking at the immense damage long-term solitary causes in the prisoners, and the expense of maintaining supermax units, and they are turning away from solitary as a management strategy.

  5. Robert Worley of Lamar University:

    You really are scratching your head as to why the business of corrections has not yet professionalized itself, inappropriate relationships are happening everywhere.

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