Skip to main content

SAGE Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Preferred term

preventive detention  

Definition

  • Preventive detention is the incarceration or detention of an individual deemed to pose a risk to society. Versions of preventive detention operate both within and outside the criminal justice system. [Source: Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Ethics; Preventive Detention]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-W0XPM69Z-P

Download this concept: