The phrase "address criminal" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the act of dealing with or responding to criminal behavior or issues related to crime.
Example: "The government must take steps to address criminal activities in urban areas to ensure public safety."
Alternatives: "tackle crime" or "confront criminal behavior".
Queensland police said the local force worked with the Islamic community in Brisbane to help identify and address criminal and anti-social behaviour.
Toothless or not - and its own inquiry into our hacking allegations was feeble - the Press Complaints Commission was never constituted to address criminal conduct.
To the Editor: You are correct to endorse Senator Jim Webb's courageous call for a national commission to address criminal justice policy.
And we spend even less to address criminal "hot spots"—the empty lots and abandoned buildings that, according to Branas's team, account for fifteen per cent of city space in America.
Three days later, Zimbabweans awoke to an image they had only ever seen on television in other nations: an Army general in fatigues appeared, announcing that the military was acting to address "criminal elements" around the President, but that Mugabe was safe.
"Our work in crime, violence, and substance abuse prevention may benefit if the bi-partisan efforts to address criminal justice reform and his promise to address the needs of inner cities are real.
"If the president has proposals on other ways that we can address criminals owning guns, I'd be happy to look at them".
(New York law requires a background check's findings to be related to the job, but it addresses criminal records and does not mention credit checks).
The House bill addresses criminal corporate wrongdoing in "a responsible and measured way," said Representative Michael G. Oxley, the Ohio Republican and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.
More specifically, police may refrain from addressing criminal behaviour (e.g., domestic violence) within a particular minority group because they believe that members of that group typically engage in such behaviour.
There's also potentially significant missed opportunities through not specifically addressing criminal justice data in detail: police data is opening, but court records (and detailed, granular sentencing information) lags significantly behind the rest of the UK government.
