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institutionalize
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in·sti·tu·tion·al·ize  (nst-tsh-n-lz, -ty-)
tr.v. in·sti·tu·tion·al·ized, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·ing, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·es
1.
a. To make into, treat as, or give the character of an institution to.
b. To make part of a structured and usually well-established system: a society that has institutionalized injustice.
2. To place (a person) in the care of an institution.

insti·tution·al·i·zation (-l-zshn) n.

institutionalize or -ise
Verb
[-izing, -ized] or -ising, -ised
1. (often passive) to subject (a person) to institutional life, often causing apathy and dependence on routine
2. to make or become an institution: institutionalized religion
3. to place in an institution
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Verb1.institutionalize - cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
transfer - move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"
hospitalise, hospitalize - admit into a hospital; "Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high"


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This model postulates that effective intervention requires not only intensive supervision and services after institutional release but also a focus on reintegration during incarceration and a highly structured and gradual transition between institutionalization and aftercare.
Processes that facilitate or hinder institutionalization of assessment are discussed, in light of recent theoretical frameworks.
But assessments of the institutionalization of institutional critique and charges of its obsolescence in an era of mega-museums and global markets founder on a basic misconception of what institutional critique is, at least in light of the practices that have come to define it.
 
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