(February 2013) 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.
author's purpose definition, author's purpose meaning | English dictionary. Search also in: Web News Encyclopedia Images. author. n. 1 a person who composes a book, article, or other written work. Related adj â auctorial. 2 a person who writes books as a profession; writer. 3 the writings of such a person. reviewing a postwar author. 4 an originator or creator. the author of this plan. vb tr.
B1 the writer of a book, article, play, etc.: He is the author of two books on French history. âº formal a person who begins or creates something: She's the author of the company's recent success/of all our troubles. More examples.