What does Criminal Justice mean?

Definitions for Criminal Justice
crim·i·nal jus·tice

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  1. Criminal justice

    Criminal justice is the delivery of justice to those who have been accused of committing crimes. The criminal justice system is a series of government agencies and institutions. Goals include the rehabilitation of offenders, preventing other crimes, and moral support for victims. The primary institutions of the criminal justice system are the police, prosecution and defense lawyers, the courts and the prisons system.

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  1. Criminal justice

    Criminal justice is the system of practices and institutions of governments directed at upholding social control, deterring and mitigating crime, or sanctioning those who violate laws with criminal penalties and rehabilitation efforts. Those accused of crime have protections against abuse of investigatory and prosecution powers.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Criminal Justice in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Criminal Justice in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Criminal Justice in a Sentence

  1. Michael Zeldin:

    Criminalizing political opposition research-related activity of this type serves no criminal justice purpose, hopefully, this verdict will have a chilling impact on future prosecutions if John Durham intends to proceed using the same flawed theory of criminal liability.

  2. Colin Jones:

    They only realize Japan's criminal justice system is not functioning when they are personally caught up in it.

  3. James Glasgow:

    I never, in my 40-years in this profession, ever thought I'd ever see anything close to this, the intent of this law is to destroy the criminal justice system in Illinois, and I'm not going to let that happen.

  4. President Barack Obama:

    I hope we can work together this year on some bipartisan priorities like criminal justice reform and helping people who are battling prescription drug abuse and heroin abuse. So who knows? We might surprise the cynics again.

  5. Phelim Kine:

    She is an exemplar of a gross miscarriage of injustice rooted in Pakistan’s extremely unfair blasphemy laws and of how this law can victimize someone who should not be inside the criminal justice system whatsoever.


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