nonviolent offender
Peaceful lawbreaker type
A nonviolent offender is someone convicted of a crime that didn't involve physical force or threat of harm—typically drug possession, fraud, theft, or other property crimes.
The term appears frequently in discussions of criminal justice reform, where advocates argue that nonviolent offenders should receive alternatives to incarceration: The program offers early release to nonviolent offenders.
- misdemeanorLesser criminal charge
- pettyOf little importance
- drugActive chemical compound
- drug chargeCriminal accusation involving substances
- possessionState of owning
marijuana · theft · shoplifting · white collar · probation · parole · ankle monitor · time served · rehabilitation · jail · sentence · suspended sentence · court · first-time · low-risk · prison · reform · criminal justice
- captivesprisoner, captive, inmate, detainee, hostage
- criminalsmurderer, thief, burglar, criminal, killer
- delinquentsjuvenile delinquent, delinquent, truant, hoodlum, hooligan
- prison classificationsmaximum security, medium security, minimum security, supermax, level one
nonviolent, offender, violent, violence, violently, nonviolence, offend, offense, offending