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criminal commitment refers to the legal procedure by which a person found not guilty of a crime by reason of insanity and must be confined in a psychiatric hospital.

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Criminal homicide refers to the killing of one human being by a fellow human being. The term, in law, embraces all homicides where the perpetrator intentionally killed someone without

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Criminal justice refers to the scientific study of crime, the criminal law, and components of the criminal justice system, including the police, courts, and corrections.

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

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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.

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

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

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Criminalist refers to a forensic scientist who examines physical evidence

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