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paternalism  

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  • Paternalism describes a particular type of intervention in an individual's life. As the name suggests it implies a caring, fatherly, parental relationship, in which the paternal authority carrying out the intervention is motivated by a sense of responsibility that echoes the relationship between parents and their offspring. [Source: Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Ethics; Paternalism]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-WJ7WK71W-X

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