criminal justice

noun

1. the system of law enforcement, involving police, lawyers, courts, and corrections, used for all stages of criminal proceedings and punishment.

Example Sentences

“The goal should be changing behavior,” says Jay Jordan, a longtime criminal justice reform activist who spent 7½ years in prison and advised the Proposition 6 campaign.

From Los Angeles Times

Voters overwhelmingly supported a ballot measure to undo a decade of progressive criminal justice reform, and rejected an initiative that would have banned forced prison labor.

From Los Angeles Times

Sullivan, by contrast, served as a public defender, and ran as an outsider and a populist with an interest in criminal justice reform.

From Slate

“So much lies in your hands and the decision you make in this case: the future of my family, the safety of the people of Los Angeles and any faith in the criminal justice system at all,” she told Arnold on Tuesday morning, adding the deal given to Pineda tells police “that even with proper witness testimony, ample video evidence and a bit of luck, they can kill without repercussion.”

From Los Angeles Times

He added: “I also did the biggest consultation in criminal justice when we did the consultation on assisted dying. It was the biggest response, because people felt so strongly, and I could feel that, and I've always said getting the balance right is crucially important.”

From BBC