reformative
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Marketed as a boarding school that would help troubled teens, Ivy Ridge claimed to use therapy and recreational activities as reformative tactics.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2024
“Sheriffs will have no choice but to suspend all reformative programs due to this inherent coercion,” the association wrote in November.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
The Oregon State Sheriffs' Association opposes the measure there, saying it would lead to "unintended consequences" and the loss of all "reformative programs", which include low-paid tasks like working in the library, kitchen and laundry.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2022
News to reflect on reformative trends and to prescribe solutions for the future.
From US News ● Oct. 30, 2014
Every study must be of value from a reformative point of view and also from an educational one.
From A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science by James Leslie Allan Kayll
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