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Chapter 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Unresolved | A problem, question, or dispute not resolved. |
| Mentoring | Advise or train someone. |
| Controversial | Likely to give rise to public disagreement. |
| Heinous | Of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime utterly odious or wicked. |
| Perpetrators | A person who carries out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act. |
| Accountability | The fact or condition of being accountable; responsibility. |
| Correspondence | Communication by exchanging letters with someone. |
| Superficial | Not thorough, deep, or complete; cursory. |
| Accosted | Approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively. |
| Reclusive | Avoiding the company of other people; solitary. |
| Disengagement | The action or process of withdrawing from involvement in a particular activity, situation, or group. |
| Reignited | Ignite or cause to ignite again. |
| Thrust | Push (something or someone) suddenly in a specified direction. |
| Incarceration | The state of being confined in prison; imprisonment. |
| Apartheid | A policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race. |
| Exonerated | Absolve someone from blame for a fault or wrongdoing. |
| Culpability | Responsibility for a fault or wrong; blame. |
| Injustice | Lack of fairness or justice. |
| Oppression | Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control. |
| Prosecutorial Misconduct | When a prosecutor breaks a law or a code of professional ethics in the course of a prosecution. |