An act of circumstances that increases the severity or culpablilty of a criminal act.
aggravating factor?
100
An appeal that is aimed at decision by a local court magistrate, that you are guilty of an offence.
What is Appeal against conviction?
100
A person who appeals to higher court to have the decision of the lower court reviewed.
What is Appellant?
100
Physical restraints used to hold someone improsoned.
What is a bond?
100
The precautionary methods taken to prevent risk or damge
What is a Caution?
200
Circle Sentencing tries to avoid gaol time for aboriginal offenders.
What is Circle Sentencing?
200
A Community Service Order (CSO) involves either unpaid work in the community at a place specified by Probation and Parole or attendance at a Centre to undertake a course, such as Anger Management
What is Community Service Order?
200
Continued detention is a controversial aspect of criminal justice in NSW and some other state jurisdictions.
What is Continued detention?
200
An old French prison in which people are physically confined.
What is Correctional Crime?
200
AN infirngement notice is a fine or a penalty, you have 28 days to decide wether to pay the infringement notice.
What is Criminal Infringement Notice?
300
To discourage people from offending in the future.
What is Deterrant
300
A diversion program in the criminal justice system is a program run by a police department and a district attorney's office
What is Diversionary program?
300
The penalty to be paid to the offended party in a civil case
What is a Fine?
300
The loss of something such as property, as a penalty for wrongdoing
What is Forfeit?
300
General Deterrence is a sentencing objective which aims to discourage persons other than the offender from committing a similar crime.
What is General Deterrence?
400
Violence that is not justified.
What is Gratuitous Violence?
400
guideline judgment means a judgment that is expressed to contain guidelines, to be taken into account by courts in sentencing offenders.
What is Guidline Judgement?
400
A house arrest that is brought down by the courts as a form of justice for criminal/civil actions.
What is Home detention?
400
An Intensive Correction Order is an order of imprisonment of not more than 2 years made by a Court, which directs that the sentence is to be served by way of intensive correction in the community
What is Intensive Correction Order (ICO's)?
400
Incapacitation refers to the effectiveness of a sentence so it can prevent the person from performing that civil or criminal wrong.
What is Incapacitation?
500
The power of the judiciary to make some legal decisions according to their discretion