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preventive incarceration  

Definition(s)

  • Preventive incarceration has had a range of meanings. It could refer to the pretrial imprisonment, without the right to bail, of a person accused of a serious crime usually because a judge determines that the person is dangerous to society. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Preventive Incarceration]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-X7G7HF7D-N

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