13 Terms
Contributors in Criminal
Criminal
sweating
Legal services; Criminal
The legal interrogation of a prisoner by use of threats or similar means to extort information.
crime
Legal services; Criminal
Breaking of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction.
adult offender
Legal services; Criminal
A person who has committed a crime after reaching the age of majority.
career offender
Legal services; Criminal
Under the federal-sentencing guidelines, an adult who, after being convinced of two violent felonies or controlled-substance felonies, commits another felony.
first offender
Legal services; Criminal
A person who authorities believe has committed a crime but has never before been convincted of a crime.
situational offender
Legal services; Criminal
A first-time offender who is unlikely to commit future crimes.
zero tolerance
Legal services; Criminal
Zero tolerance is a theory of policing that emphasises the need to deal with all criminal offences and incivility, however trivial, first, to convey a principled position that crime ought not to be ...
