Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63M > Chapter 7 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Commission: means the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice created in Section 63M-7-201. See Utah Code 63M-7-101.5
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Desistance: means an individual's abstinence from further criminal activity after a previous criminal conviction. See Utah Code 63M-7-101.5
• Intervention: means a program, sanction, supervision, or event that may impact recidivism. See Utah Code 63M-7-101.5
• Recidivism: means a return to criminal activity after a previous criminal conviction. See Utah Code 63M-7-101.5
• Recidivism standard metric: means the number of individuals who are returned to prison for a new conviction within the three years after the day on which the individuals were released from prison. See Utah Code 63M-7-101.5
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.