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primary prevention  

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  • the prevention of delinquency before the onset of behaviors characteristic of delinquency. Compare with secondary prevention, tertiary prevention. [Source: The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice; Primary Prevention]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-WNX1ZB4T-L

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