justice system
English
Noun
justice system (plural justice systems)
- The set of institutions that enforce and administer criminal law.
- 1979, Ruth Crow, Ginny McCarthy, Teenage women in the juvenile justice system: changing values, p. xi:
- A thorough understanding of the position of young women in the justice system must rest on an understanding of the legal, social, historical, and economic status of all women in society...
- 1998, Elliott Currie, Crime and Punishment in America, p. 162:
- I've argued that we cannot rely on the justice system to control crime and that our recent attempt to do so has been a dismal failure.
- 1979, Ruth Crow, Ginny McCarthy, Teenage women in the juvenile justice system: changing values, p. xi:
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