criminal justice
SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENTS DIRECTED AT MITIGATING CRIME, OR SANCTIONING THOSE WHO VIOLATE LAWS WITH CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND REHABILITATION EFFORTS
Criminal Justice; Crimial justice system; Criminal justice system; Criminal punishment; Punishment, Criminal; Judicial punishment; Criminal inquiry; Criminal punishments; Legal punishment; Punishment (criminal); Correctional punishment; Judicial decision making; Criminal justice (discipline); Criminal courts; Penal sanctions; Criminal sanction
n. a generic term for the procedure by which criminal conduct is investigated, evidence gathered, arrests made, charges brought, defenses raised, trials conducted, sentences rendered and punishment carried out.