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Italian term or phrase:
area penale
English translation:
criminal (offenders)
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Josh Goldsmith
Nov 3, 2010 18:48
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Italian term
area penale
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I'm trying to determine what they mean by area penale in the following sentence. It's from http://www.progettojonathan.com/paginecomdett.asp?titolo=Com...
La comunità ospita minori di sesso maschile dell’area penale e civile in età compresa tra quattordici e ventuno anni.
La comunità ospita minori di sesso maschile dell’area penale e civile in età compresa tra quattordici e ventuno anni.
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3 +2 | criminal (offenders) | Josh Goldsmith |
3 | criminal law | Carmen Mustile |
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Nov 5, 2010 10:25: Josh Goldsmith Created KOG entry
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criminal (offenders)
I think you need a paraphrase here: "The community houses/hosts male underage criminal and civil offenders between the ages of..."
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Note added at 15 hrs (2010-11-04 09:52:46 GMT)
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Here is an example of the use of "civil offender." Agreed, it's perhaps not that common...but it is used, including in published legal textbooks:
"For civil offenses, a citation or "notice to appear" might be handed--or simply mailed--to the offender. Generally, the civil offender is not required to sign the citation under penalty of arrest for refusal to sign. Failure to appear as directed, however, can subject the civil offender to penalties. Criminal infractions are administered by the courts; civil infractions are often administered by non-judicial administrative agencies."
From "Paralegal Studies: An Introduction," by Paul D. Jordan, p.241
http://books.google.it/books?id=b2Q5v0_se8QC&pg=PA241&lpg=PA...
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Note added at 15 hrs (2010-11-04 09:56:00 GMT)
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Perhaps another paraphrase which would avoid the use of "civil offender" is:
"The community houses juvenile males between the ages of ... who have committed both civil and criminal offenses."
"Civil and criminal offenses" is certainly much more frequent, with 238,000 hits on google.
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Note added at 15 hrs (2010-11-04 09:52:46 GMT)
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Here is an example of the use of "civil offender." Agreed, it's perhaps not that common...but it is used, including in published legal textbooks:
"For civil offenses, a citation or "notice to appear" might be handed--or simply mailed--to the offender. Generally, the civil offender is not required to sign the citation under penalty of arrest for refusal to sign. Failure to appear as directed, however, can subject the civil offender to penalties. Criminal infractions are administered by the courts; civil infractions are often administered by non-judicial administrative agencies."
From "Paralegal Studies: An Introduction," by Paul D. Jordan, p.241
http://books.google.it/books?id=b2Q5v0_se8QC&pg=PA241&lpg=PA...
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Note added at 15 hrs (2010-11-04 09:56:00 GMT)
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Perhaps another paraphrase which would avoid the use of "civil offender" is:
"The community houses juvenile males between the ages of ... who have committed both civil and criminal offenses."
"Civil and criminal offenses" is certainly much more frequent, with 238,000 hits on google.
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philgoddard
: I doon't agree with "civil offenders/offences", but strictly speaking that's not what the questioner asked for.
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Simo Blom
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criminal law
in the criminal and civil juvinal law
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Also, I found an article about the community house, with a bit more info on their participants: http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/...