Glossary C
Glossary C
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.
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/Noncriminal Investigation is defined as the investigation of criminal and non-criminal matters
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.