decriminalization

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Etymology

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From de- +‎ criminalization.

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  • enPR: dēkrĭ"mĭnəlīzā'shən, IPA(key): /diːˌkɹɪmɪnəlaɪzˈeɪʃən/

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decriminalization (uncountable)

  1. The act of making an activity or substance no longer criminalized (no longer a crime, subject to criminal penalties, to perform or possess). (Compare legalization, which often implies regulation.)
    the decriminalization of all plant-based psychedelics
    • 2020 December 4, Deirdre Walsh, “House Approves Decriminalizing Marijuana; Bill To Stall In Senate”, in NPR[1]:
      Some opponents also said federal decriminalization would contribute to more death and injury from impaired drivers using marijuana.
  2. The act of ceasing to treat a person as a criminal, by making their activities legal or no longer subjecting them to the criminal justice system (but instead possibly the mental healthcare system, etc).
    • 2006, Mark R. Munetz, Patricia M. Griffin, “Use of the Sequential Intercept Model as an approach to decriminalization of people with serious mental illness”, in Psychiatric Services, 57(4), 544-549:
    • 2012, Sverre Molland, The Perfect Business? Anti-Trafficking and the Sex Trade along the Mekong, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 38:
      Most sex work feminists support either the legalization or the decriminalization of sex workers.

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