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Halfway houses

Scope note

Use for temporary residences of former convicts, drug users, or mental patients that serve as a transition environment between confinement and a return to society; for long-term residential environments, which reproduce the circumstances of family life for persons requiring continuing supervision due to special needs, use "group homes."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30006768

Broader Terms used

welfare buildings

Term used for

houses, halfway

Equivalent Terms used

halfway house

Created

13yrs ago

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