English Dictionary

decriminalization

IPA（発音記号）

/diːˌkɹɪmɪnəlaɪzˈeɪʃən/

名詞

不可算名詞

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.)

日本語の意味

ある行為や物質がもはや犯罪とみなされず、刑事罰の対象から外される状態またはその措置 / 犯罪対象から除外すること、または犯罪として扱わないこと

The decriminalization of possession led to a sharp decline in arrests for minor drug offenses.

所持の非犯罪化により、軽微な薬物犯罪での逮捕件数が急激に減少した。

意味（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

意味（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.