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CRIMINAL CAREER [6 records]

Record 1 2024-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
CONT

... a criminal career is a sequence of offences during some portion of an individual' s life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
CONT

[...] la carrière criminelle est une succession d'infractions commises pendant une période quelconque de la vie d'une personne.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Persons employed in an area concerned with the administration of criminal justice; retirees from a career in criminal justice; persons enrolled in a program of study in this field at a college or university, and persons approved by the Executive Board of Grand Chapter, involved in volunteer work directly related to the administration of criminal justice. Is dedicated to : furthering the professional standards of criminal justice; fostering assistance and understanding of the problems and objectives of agencies devoted to the administration of criminal justice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Penal Law
OBS

[A Florida] program designed to keep young, mostly first-time offenders from becoming career criminals. Adopting the catchy acronym JASS(pronounced "jazz"), for Juvenile Alternative Sanction System, the program offers more than 7, 000 non violent offenders each year a chance to avoid both confinement and an eventual criminal record. Instead, they have to undertake a program of rehabilitation that may include making restitution to their victims.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Droit pénal

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Police
OBS

The FBI's Behavioral Science Unit(BSU), situated at Quantico, Virginia, has studied the criminal career of serial killers for over twenty years.... Assisted by a $500, 000 computer system, and drawing on reports filed with the related Violent Criminal Apprehension Program, also based in Quantico, the BSU has gathered information on hundreds of multiple murderers in Canada and the United States...

Key term(s)
  • Behavioural Science Unit
  • Behavioral Sciences Unit
  • Behavioural Sciences Unit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Police

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Criminal justice professionals concerned with the impact of criminal justice policies and practices on the minority community. Advocates with local, state, and federal criminal justice agencies for the improvement of minority recruitment practices and for the advancement of minority career mobility within those agencies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 6 1991-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Penal Administration
OBS

If an individual, for example, who had been of good conduct over a given period of time, was prevented from pursuing a chosen career because of his or her criminal record.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Administration pénitentiaire
OBS

Si une personne, par exemple, qui a démontré une bonne conduite durant une période définie ne pouvait mettre à exécution un plan de carrière à cause de son casier judiciaire.

Spanish

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