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If someone has been arrested with no 'priors' (a record of previously committed crimes), their crime is a
first time offence
Money you have to pay for driving too fast.
a speeding fine
Someone who has commits a crime after serving their sentence for a previous crime.
a repeat offender
A sentence which is different to one normally given for a particular crime
an alternative punishment
When someone admits, in court, to having committed a crime
to plead guilty
When someone is responsible for a crime e.g. vandalism
guilty (of + noun)
Being under supervision with the expectation of behaving well (instead of going to prison)
on probation
The action of allowing a criminal to avoid jail on the condition that they abide by the law
to put someone on probation
A sentence of working without payment to help other people
community service
Someone who directly suffers the effects of a crime e.g. someone who was robbed
A victim (of + noun)
When a judge orders for someone to be incarcerated for a specific amount of time they hand out
A prison/jail sentence
