concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: criminal processing

criminal processing
type: Concept
broader: trial processes
definition: After remaining conspicuously stable for nearly 100 years, the number of people under criminal justice control increased nearly fivefold during the last quarter of the 20th century. During this “prison boom,” racial and ethnic disparities in criminal justice outcomes remained high. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; Criminal Processing]

trial processes
type: Concept
narrower: criminal processing