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JUVENILE

  • Definition : of, for, or relating to young people.
  • I chose this picture because it is a young kid in court. And juvenile related to young people

DELINQUENT

  • Definition : (typically of a young person or that person's behavior) showing or characterized by a tendency to commit crime, particularly minor crime.
  • I chose this picture because it is a kid in trouble taking his mug shots

REFORM

  • Definition : make changes in (something, typically a social, political, or economic institution or practice) in order to improve it.
  • I chose this picture because reform means to change or to improve something

PROSECUTE

  • Definition : institute legal proceedings against (a person or organization).
  • I chose this picture because most people get prosecuted in the court room after a crime

OFFENDER

  • Definition : a person who commits an illegal act.
  • I chose this picture because it is tiger woods getting his mugshot taken after a DUI which is illegal

CONVICTION

  • Definition : 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.
  • I chose this picture because Aaron Hernandez was convicted of a murder crime

INCARCERATION

  • Definition : the state of being confined in prison; imprisonment.
  • I chose this picture because the man is in prison

OVERREPRESENTATION

  • Definition : Represented in excessive or disproportionately large numbers or amount
  • I chose this picture because over half the incarcerated population in Alabama is black

MANDATORY

  • Definition : required by law or rules; compulsory.
  • I chose this picture because another word for mandatory is required

DETERRENT

  • Definition : a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something.
  • I chose this picture because it is influencing someone not to do something

DISPARITY

  • Definition : a great difference.
  • I chose this picture because it is a big difference in the weights

SENTENCE

  • Definition : the punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court, or fixed by law for a particular offense.
  • I chose this picture because it is a judge coming up with the sentence for someone that has committed a crime