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APPEAL – a request that a case removed from lower
court to higher court. A request to a higher
(appellate) court for that court to review and
change the decision of a lower court.

APPEALED POLICY - a type of policy that arises
when problems at the lower levels of the
organization and the man in charge does not know
how to meet the problem. He then appeals to his
superiors for guidelines and for guidance.

APPEARANCE – voluntary submission to a court’s
jurisdiction.

APPELLATE – relating to appeals; person who
appeals to a higher court; appeal from the decision
of a lower court to a higher court.

APPELLATE COURT – court that has the power to
review appeals from another jurisdiction of the
lower court to a higher court.

APPELLEE – person appealed against: often times
referred to as the “respondent”.

APPLIED CRIMINOLOGY – uses a variety of
disciplines to examine criminality and the criminal
justice system. The study focuses more on the
processes seen in the justice system and in the
enforcement of laws directed towards influencing
social policies.

APPROACH-AVOIDANCE CONFLICT – a type of
conflict where a person faces situation having both
a desirable and undesirable feature. It is
sometimes called “dilemma”, because some

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