An individual, whether student or not, involved in committing an incident of prohibited behavior. There may be more than one offender involved in any single incident.
1. A person who has committed a felony, as established by state law and is eighteen years of age or older. 2. A person who is less than eighteen but whose felony case has been transferred by the juvenile court to a criminal court.
Name given to the person who committed an offence or a crime, and who is being tried before the Police Court or the Criminal Court. (Also see accused and suspect).
an incarcerated person in the physical custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a state department of corrections, a county sheriff's department or a municipal law enforcement agency