Concept information
Preferred term
criminal justice system
Definition
- the entire governmental apparatus that formally processes crime, including but not limited to law enforcement, prosecution, defense, the courts, and corrections. [Source: The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice; Criminal Justice System]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- community policing
- correction officials and victims
- court advocates
- court appointed special advocates for children
- defendants' rights versus victims' rights
- domestic violence and arrest policy
- domestic violence/family violence courts
- domestic violence fatality review team
- double victimization
- electronic monitoring
- in-camera proceedings
- innocence project
- Mminneapolis domestic violence experiment
- police and victims
- police crime prevention units
- probation/parole and victims
- problem-oriented policing
- protection/restraining orders
- rape law reform
- rape shield laws
- reassurance policing
- SARA problem-solving process
- sexual assault nurse examiners
- sexual assault response teams
- victim impact statements
- victim-witness projects
- witness assistance programs
- youth justice
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/criminal_justice_system
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