"Accountable", "held responsible for the impact of one’s actions" "Closure", "a feeling of completion that helps a person to move on from a situation" "Community policing", "an approach to law enforcement that focuses on officers getting to know the local community and partnering with local organizations" "Crime awareness", "being knowledgeable about crime and conscious of its presence in our society" "Crime prevention", "the actions we can take to reduce criminal activity" "Critical criminology", "a theoretic way of looking at crime that focuses on how concepts of crime and criminal justice come from people in power" "Deterrence", "preventing crime through assigning negative consequences to that crime" "Deterrent", "anything that discourages a person from taking a criminal action" "Disintegrative shaming", "punishments that emphasize disapproval of the person rather<br /> than just the criminal behavior" "Emotionally intelligent", "able to manage one’s emotions and respond appropriately to<br /> the emotions of others" "Environmental design", "the way a structure is created, inside and out" "Evidence-based program", "programs that are shown to be effective through research" "Family group conference", "a group meeting in which a facilitator, victim, offender, and<br /> family members participate" "just deserts", "a punishment or reward given to a person based on a belief about what<br /> that person deserves" "Left realism", "the view that crime is primarily caused by the way society is structured<br /> and criminology should focus on practical improvements to society" "Mandatory minimums", "laws that determine the lowest allowable sentence for certain<br /> offenses" "National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C)", "a nonprofit organization that provides resources and training to law enforcement and other related agencies" "Nonpunitive", "not focused on punishment" "Oppression", "long-lasting and often systemic treatment of a person or group" "Peacemaking criminology", "a theoretic way of looking at crime that focuses on the inherent value of each human being" "Personal safety", "action taken by an individual to protect him or herself from harm" "Punitive", "involving punishment" "Recidivism", "the tendency for a convicted person to commit additional crimes" "Reconciliation", "progress in a relationship in which one of the parties has been harmed in the past" "Rehabilitation", "efforts to return the individual back into society while reducing the likelihood of future criminal behavior" "Reintegrative shaming", "punishments that emphasize society’s disapproval for the criminal behavior rather disapproval of the actual person" "Restorative justice", "a process used to address the harm committed by a crime through interactions between victim and offender" "Self-defense", "defending oneself through physical means" "Sentencing circle", "a community-based approach to reaching an agreement about what sentence an offender should serve" "Shaming", "involves acts of disapproval towards another person" "Social justice", "the balancing of the needs of individuals in society so that people do not live under oppression" "Three strikes law", "laws that increase penalties after two or more serious offenses" "Tough on crime", "a punitive approach to crime focused on harsher penalties" "Victim-Offender Reconciliation Programs (VORP)", "programs in which a victim and offender meet at the same time with a mediator" "Zero tolerance policy", "a punishment in school systems that is given for certain offenses regardless of the situation surrounding the event"
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