justice-involved

English

Adjective

justice-involved (not comparable)

1. (US) Having had interactions with the criminal justice system as a defendant.
   • 2011, David W. Springer, Albert R. Roberts, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, page 349:

     Histories of trauma and suicide attempts compound the already complex behavioral health problems experienced by youth involved in the juvenile justice system. It is estimated that between 25 and 31 percent of justice-involved youth have been victims of abuse […]

   • 2015, Robert L. Trestman, Kenneth L. Appelbaum, Jeffrey L. Metzner, Oxford Textbook of Correctional Psychiatry, page 255:

     DDMI has not been tested with a justice-involved population, but its emphasis on incorporating psychiatric conditions and its functionality make it potentially useful for this population.