skip to main content
LOTERRE

LOTERRE

Search from vocabulary

Content language

| español français
Search help

Concept information

Preferred term

halfway houses  

Definition(s)

  • Halfway houses are community-based facilities for those on the fringes of society; they provide access to community resources and offer transitional opportunities for individuals who are attempting to return to society as healthy, law-abiding, and productive members of the community. The concept of the halfway house is predicated upon the ideals of humanitarianism, rehabilitation, and reintegration. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment; Halfway House]

Narrower concept(s)

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-FXCD6076-7

Download this concept: