Judicial Branch Vocab by Lauren Ulvi

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Judicial Branch Vocab

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Juvenile: a person below the age at which ordinary criminal prosecution is possible (18 in most countries).

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Deliquent:(typically of a young person or that person's behavior) showing or characterized by a tendency to commit crime, particularly minor crime.

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Reform:

Prosecute: institute legal proceedings against (a person or organization).

Offender: a person who commits an illegal act.

Conviction: a formal declaration that someone is guilty of a criminal offense, made by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law.

Incarceration:

Overrepresentation:

Mandatory:

Deterrent:

Reform:

Disparity:

Sentence:

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