potential criminal

Examples (10)

• The community program aims to guide troubled youths who are often seen as potential criminals.
• Police were monitoring the suspect, viewing him as a potential criminal due to his suspicious activities.
• The study sought to identify early behavioral traits that might indicate a potential criminal.
• Labeling a young person as a potential criminal can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
• The controversial security algorithm flags individuals based on the profile of a potential criminal.
• In the eyes of a failing system, every neglected child is a potential criminal.
• He was treated like a potential criminal simply because of the neighborhood he grew up in.
• The legislation allows for increased surveillance of anyone identified as a potential criminal.
• Criminologists debate the ethics of profiling someone as a potential criminal before any crime is committed.
• The border agent's manual provided guidelines on how to spot a potential criminal.