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(criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser
charge and the prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge - ANS-PLEA BARGAINING
(criminal law) an act punishable by law - ANS-CRIME
a form of racism consisting of the (alleged) policy of policemen who stop and search vehicles
driven by persons belonging to particular racial groups - ANS-RACIAL PROFILING
a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities - ANS-CRIME
SYNDICATE
crime committed by people of high social position in the course of their occupations -
ANS-WHITE-COLLAR CRIME
habitual relapse into crime - ANS-RECIDIVISM
system of state and federal courts, police, and prisons that enforces criminal law -
ANS-CRIMINAL-JUSTICE SYSTEM
the calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that
are political or religious or ideological in nature - ANS-TERRORISM
the fact that police can choose when and when not to give tickets and punishment based on
their own judgement - ANS-POLICE DISCRETION
the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and
probation and parole - ANS-CORRECTIONS
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