| 单词 | penal reform |
| 释义 | penal reform noun[CorU] uk/ˌpiː.nəl rɪˈfɔːm/us/ˌpiː.nəl rɪˈfɔːrm/theattempttoimprovethesystemoflegalpunishment: 刑罚改革She is aspokespersonfor the HowardLeaguefor Penal Reform.她是支持刑罚改革的霍华德阵营的发言人。 UK politics: legislation & law-making
Examplesofpenal reformpenal reform The victory was a highly significant moment in thepenalreformmovement. From theCambridge English Corpus Where available, the annual reports and other relevant documentation produced bypenalreformgroups, drug agencies and professional associations were analysed. From theCambridge English Corpus The controversy surrounding forgery in the period 1818-21 had a galvanizing effect on thepenalreformmovement. From theCambridge English Corpus Viewed in this way, the truism that a crime wave was the cause of legislative activism onpenalreformbecomes problematic. From theCambridge English Corpus As the debates overpenalreformdeveloped in the 1810s and 1820s, the law came to be defined by the features that the reformers viewed as objectionable. From theCambridge English Corpus During this period ofpenalreform, prison conditions improved drastically, which resulted in a noticeable drop in prison mortality between the late 1840s and the early 1860s. From theCambridge English Corpus We may get to know more aboutpenalreformwhen they have served their sentence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I should also have liked to cover the whole aspect ofpenalreformand new ideas about the treatment of offenders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I take it that this is not a general debate onpenalreformor prisons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a relic of another age and of an attitude topenalreformwhich, in theory at least, we have totally rejected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is precisely this sort of action which makes any sort ofpenalreformand advance so difficult. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The measures are consistent with the general trend inpenalreform. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The suggestion seems to have been prevalent this afternoon that those of us who have been interested inpenalreformare sentimentalist. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The very pivot upon which a policy ofpenalreformmust turn lies in the probation service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I had gone there to speak on the subject ofpenalreform. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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