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#Criminal Justice

A guide to resources for criminal justice students

Get to Know...Criminal Justice

Key Terms & Concepts

  • alternative sentencing
  • capital punishment, death row
  • convict labor
  • fines
  • house arrest, home detention
  • imprisonment
  • incarceration rate, mass incarceration
  • inmates, prisoners
  • overcrowding in jails, prisons
  • parole, parole officers
  • prisoner reentry (to society)
  • privatization (of prisons), for-profit prisons
  • probation
  • recidivism
  • solitary confinement
  • three strikes sentencing
  • arrest
  • bail, bail bonds
  • criminal defense
  • discrimination
  • due process
  • forensics
  • juvenile courts
  • judicial process
  • mandatory sentencing
  • plea deals
  • prison sentences, sentencing
  • public defenders
  • speedy trial
  • three strikes laws
  • warrants
  • brutality
  • civilian deaths
  • community policing (community-oriented policing)
  • crime prevention
  • de-escalation
  • investigation
  • racial profiling
  • militarization of police
    • military equipment, tactics
  • misconduct
  • officer safety
  • qualified immunity
  • stress
  • surveillance
  • training
  • use of force