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borstal [ˈbɔːstəl] n
1. (Sociology) (formerly in Britain) an informal name for an establishment in which offenders aged 15 to 21 could be detained for corrective training. Since the Criminal Justice Act 1982, they have been replaced by youth custody centres (now known as young offender institutions) 2. (Sociology) (formerly) a similar establishment in Australia and New Zealand [named after Borstal, village in Kent where the first institution was founded] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations borstal [ˈbɔːstl] A. N (Brit) → correccional m de menores B. CPD borstal boy N → joven m delincuente(que ha pasado por el correccional) borstal n (Brit old) → Jugendheim nt, → Besserungsanstalt f How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Like Betjeman, they ruthlessly describe places as they are: thus the setting of Claydon House, Buckinghamshire, the finest Rococo fantasy in England, is a 'cultural sink in which successive governments have been able to drop prisons, borstals, army camps and sinister experimental institutions'. The study of the control of deviance is an area of scholarship which is currently burgeoning; studies of reformatories, prisons, asylums, and borstals proliferate, many influenced by Foucault's analyses of institutions and power. |
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