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this is a glossary about my field of study. have been in my program for 4 years. my glossary is to understand what can be done with the program the services that the program can offer, for example. the method I use to find words is the notebook and the lessons I have already had in the program. I found the definition in the notebook as well as on the internet.

Delinquency: noun; Failure to do what law or duty requires.; Example: Criminal delinquency offenses include, for example, homicide, robbery, assault, burglary, and theft.; fr: Délinquance
Victim: Noun; A person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.; Example: She was the victim of an armed robbery.; fr: Victime
Violence: noun; Behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.; Example: She lives in a neighborhood with a lot of violence.; fr: Violence
Social Worker: noun; a person whose job is to help people in a particular area who has social disadvantages or personal problems.; Example: The social worker helps support this family.; fr: Travailleur social
Homeless: noun; A person without a home, and therefore typically living on the streets.; Example: She doesn't have a place to live, so she stays in organizations for homeless people.; fr: Personne en situation d'itinérance
Correctional officer: noun; A prison officer or corrections officer also known as a Correctional Law Enforcement Officer is a uniformed law enforcement official responsible for the custody, supervision, safety, and regulation of prisoners. They are responsible for the care, custody, and control of individuals who have been convicted of a crime and sentenced to imprisonment; Example: The correctional officer had to do night duty in a dangerous prison every day.; fr: Agent correctionnel
Bullying: noun; A person who uses force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate or, aggressively impose domination over others.; Example: He was bullied in high school.; fr: Intimidation
Drug: noun; A medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body.; Example: He had a drug addiction before.; fr: drogue ou Médicament
community center: noun; Public locations where members of a community tend to gather for group activities, social support, public information, and other purposes.; Example: When she arrived in Canada, she went to a community center so that she could integrate more easily.; fr: centre communautaire
halfway house: noun; A center for helping former drug addicts, prisoners, psychiatric patients, or others to adjust to life in general society.; Example: When he got out of prison he had to go to a halfway house.; fr: maison de transition
jail: noun; A place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime.; Example: The police put a criminal in jail.; fr: prison
youth centre: noun; A place or organization providing leisure activities for young people.; Example: she works with young people who are placed in youth center.; fr: centre Jeunesse
handcuff.: noun; A pair of lockable linked metal rings for securing a prisoner's wrists.; Example: The police handcuffed the man.; fr: menottes.
sexual abuse.: noun; Forcing undesired sexual behavior by one person upon another.; fr: abus sexuel.
parental neglect.: noun; A form of child abuse, child neglect is an act of caregivers that results in depriving a child of their basic needs, such as the failure to provide adequate supervision, health care, clothing, or housing, as well as other physical, emotional, social, educational, and safety needs.; Example: His parents neglect their children they spend days without eating.; fr: négligence parental.
Therapy.: noun; treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder.; Example: She is undergoing therapy with a counselor.; fr: Thérapie.
domestic violence.: noun; Violent or aggressive behavior within the home, typically involving the violent abuse of a spouse or partner.; Example: He is a victim of domestic violence by his wife.; fr: violence domestique.
murder.: noun; The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.; Example: He committed murder.; fr: meurtre.
gang member.: noun; A gang is a group or society of associates, friends or members of a family with a defined leadership and internal organization that identifies with or claims control over territory in a community and engages, either individually or collectively, in illegal, and possibly violent, behavior.; Example: He is a former member of the Hell Angels gang.; fr: membre de gang.
Sentence.: noun; The punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court, or fixed by law for a particular offense.; Example: He was sentenced to 8 years in prison for his crime.; fr: sentence.