n. the act of law enforcement officials in placing a person in a government facility or foster home in order to protect him/her from a dangerous person or situation. Most commonly a child who has been neglected or battered or is in danger from a violent person is taken in as a temporary ward of the state and held in probation facilities or placed i...
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Protective custody is a type of imprisonment (or care) to protect a person from harm, either from outside sources or other prisoners. Many administrators believe the level of violence, or the underlying threat of violence within prisons, is a chief factor causing the need for PC units. This factor was cited by Anderson (1980) and Vantour (1979), w...
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(from the article `conservation`) Some species become so rare that there are doubts about whether they will be able to survive in the wild. Under such circumstances, the species may ...
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n.It is an arrangement of providing accomodation to a person by legal authorities other then his home when he is under any kind of threat from another person. Protective custody can be provided to a person who has witnessed a serious crime and is being threatened by the accused or his associates of any kind of physical violence for providing eviden...
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The confinement of a person by the government, when the authorities think it's necessary for that person's own security or well-being. A witness who is being threatened may be placed in protective custody, as may a child or other person who may harm others.
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detention of a person by the police solely as protection against a possible attack or reprisal by someone.
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