Glossary C

Glossary C

Criminal justice system refers to the various agencies whose goal it is to apprehend, convict, punish, and rehabilitate law violators.

Criminal law refers to the body of law which regulates those actions which have the potential to harm interests of the state or the federal government.

- Criminal personality profiling : Criminal personality profiling refers to the attempt to identify a person's mental, emotional, and psychological characteristics.

Criminal Personality Profiling refers to the attempt to identify a person's mental, emotional, and psychological characteristics.

Criminal/Noncriminal Investigation is defined as the investigation of criminal and non-criminal matters

Criminalist refers to a forensic scientist who examines physical evidence

Criminalistics is defined as a scientific discipline directed to the recognition, identification, individualization and evaluation of evidence.

Criminality refers to a behavioral predisposition that disproportionately favors criminal activity.