Definicija: Za kazniva dejanja se smejo krivim storilcem izreči te kazni: zapor, denarna kazen, prepoved vožnje motornega vozila

Definicija: Za kazniva dejanja iz pristojnosti okrajnega sodišča sme državni tožilec ob vložitvi obtožnega predloga predlagati, da sodišče izda kaznovalni nalog, s katerim obdolžencu izreče predlagano kazensko sankcijo ali ukrep, ne da bi opravilo glavno obravnavo.

Definicija: When court ordered, is the performance of unpaid work to repay the community for an offense committed.

Definicija: Community Payback is essentially the replacement for Community Service, also more recently called Community Punishment. Courts are given the power to sentence offenders of certain crimes to undertake between 40 and 300 hours of Community Payback. Community Payback is a national scheme offered by the National Probation Service, delivered at a local level.

Definicija: an offender has been found guilty, but considered the character of the offender and the nature and circumstances of a crime, the court deems that punishment would not be appropriate

Definicija: The Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“SPT”) is a new kind of treaty body in the United Nations human rights system. It has a purely preventive mandate focused on an innovative, sustained and proactive approach to the prevention of torture and ill treatment. The SPT started its work in February 2007.