criminal justice

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Two months later, a man pleaded for help as federal agents carried him by his arms and legs away from the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on Temple Street.

From Los Angeles Times

“Overall, most crimes are lower than where they were prepandemic,” said Ernesto Lopez, a senior research specialist with the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justice and co-author of a recent report on crime trends.

From The Wall Street Journal

“This is really becoming a performative crime,” said Kimberly Przeszlowski, an assistant professor of criminal justice at Quinnipiac University who studies takeovers.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It is because I have endured every indignity that our broken criminal justice system could mete out that I care what kind of reform will actually deliver justice for survivors and victims of crime more widely."

From BBC

"The courts backlog was caused by chronic underfunding of our criminal justice system, not jury trials," she added.

From BBC