short sharp shock

short sharp shock
a regime intended to deter crime by making an immediate severe impact

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  • short sharp shock — noun A brief severe regime imposed by a prison or detention centre, esp on young offenders • • • Main Entry: ↑short …   Useful english dictionary

  • Short Sharp Shock — (SSS) Allgemeine Informationen Herkunft Liverpool, England Genre(s) Crossover, Thrash Metal Gründung 20 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Short, sharp shock — The phrase Short, sharp shock is a phrase meaning punishment that is quick and severe. [ [http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/short+sharp+shock Dictionary definition] ] It was most famously used in Gilbert and Sullivan s 1885 comic opera The… …   Wikipedia

  • Short Sharp Shock — Infobox Musical artist Name = Short Sharp Shock Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = SSS Origin = Liverpool, flag|England Genre = Crossover thrash Years active = 2005–present Label = Earache Associated acts = URL …   Wikipedia

  • Short Sharp Shock (album) — Infobox Album Name = Short Sharp Shock Type = studio Artist = Short Sharp Shock Released = Start date|2007|6|11 Recorded = 2006 Genre = Crossover thrash Length = Label = Earache Producer = Reviews = *Kyle Smith rating|10|10 Last album = This… …   Wikipedia

  • short, sharp shock — see shock I …   Useful english dictionary

  • A Short, Sharp Shock — infobox Book | name = A Short, Sharp Shock title orig = translator = image caption = author = Kim Stanley Robinson illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Fantasy novel publisher = release date =… …   Wikipedia

  • (a) short sharp shock — British & Australian a type of punishment that is quick and severe. What young offenders need is a short sharp shock that will frighten them into behaving more responsibly …   New idioms dictionary

  • Short Sharp Shocked — Infobox Album Name = Short Sharp Shocked Type = studio Artist = Michelle Shocked Released = start date|1988|8|15 Recorded = start date|1988, Capitol Studio B, Hollywood, Lardbee Sound, Los Angeles, Sound Castle, Los Angeles Genre = Rock Length =… …   Wikipedia

  • sharp — [[t]ʃɑ͟ː(r)p[/t]] ♦♦ sharps, sharper, sharpest 1) ADJ GRADED A sharp point or edge is very thin and can cut through things very easily. A sharp knife, tool, or other object has a point or edge of this kind. The other end of the twig is sharpened… …   English dictionary

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