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A
- Absconder
- Abused Child
- Accessory After the Fact
- Accessory Before the Fact
- Accomplice
- Accountability [in the CJ system]
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- Acquittal
- Action [Law]
- Active Shooter
- Active Supervision
- Actual Possession
- Actus Reus (Legal Latin)
- Addict
- Addiction-prone Personality
- Adjudicated
- Adjudicated Delinquent
- Adjudicatory Hearing
- ADMAX
- Administration of Justice
- Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AO)
- Administrative Law
- Admissible
- Admission
- Adult
- Adultery [Law]
- Adversarial System. Contrast with Inquisitorial System.
- Affidavit
- Affirmative Defense
- Affirmed
- Aftercare
- Age of Onset [Criminology]
- Aggravated Assault (FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports)
- Aggravating Circumstances. See also Mitigating Circumstances.
- Aggregate Measures [Research]
- Aging Out [Criminology]
- Aid and Abet [Criminal Law]
- AIDS. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
- Alias
- Alibi
- Alienation [Criminology]
- Justice Samuel Alito
- Alter Ego Rule
- Alternative Sanctions. See also Intermediate Sanctions.
- Alternative Sentencing
- Amalgamation
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- American Correctional Association (ACA)
- Amicus Curiae
- Androgens [Criminology]
- Anesthetics
- Anomie [Criminology]
- Appeal
- Appearance {in Court}
- Appellant
- Appellate
- Appellate Court
- Appellee
- Appropriations Clause
- Arbitrary [law]
- Argersinger v. Hamlin (1972)
- Arraignment
- Arrest
- Arrest Rate
- Arrest Report
- Arrest Warrant
- Arson (FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports)
- Arson [Criminal Law]
- Article III {of the United States Constitution}
- Article VI {of the United States Constitution}
- Ashurst-Sumners Act
- Asportation [Criminal Law]
- Assembly Line Justice
- Assault [Criminal Law]
- Asset Forfeiture
- Assets
- Assistant U.S. Attorney
- Atavism
- ATF. See Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
- Atkins v. Virginia (2002) Read the Abridged Case
- Attempt [Criminal Law]
- Attendant Circumstances [Criminal Law]
- Attorney
- Auburn System
- August Vollmer
- Augustus, John
- Automatism [Criminal Law]
- Automobile Patrol
- Automobile Search
B
- Backlog (Courts)
- Backlog (DNA)
- Bader Ginsburg, Justice Ruth
- Bail
- Bail Bond
- Bail Bond Agent
- Bailee [Criminal Law]
- Bailiff
- Bailor [Criminal Law]
- Bail Reform Act of 1984
- Bail Revocation
- Balancing Test
- Ballistics
- Barron v. Baltimore (1833) Read the Abridged Case
- Batson v. Kentucky (1986) Read the Abridged Case
- Battered Person Syndrome
- Battered Woman’s Syndrome. see Battered Person Syndrome
- Battery [Criminal Law]
- Beccaria
- BDU Battle Dress Uniform
- Beat [Policing]
- Behavioral Conditioning
- Behaviorism
- Bench Trial
- Bench Warrant
- Best Interest of the Child
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (BRD)
- Bifurcated Hearing [Juvenile Justice]
- Bifurcated Trial
- Bigamy [Criminal Law]
- Bill of Attainder
- Bill of Rights
- Bind Over
- Biological School
- Biosocial [Criminology]
- Bioterrorism
- Blackledge v. Allison (1977) Read the Abridged Case
- Blackmail. See Extortion. [Criminal Law]
- Blackstone, Sir William
- Blakely v. Washington (2004) Read the Abridged Case
- Bivens Action
- Bobbies [Policing]
- Booking
- Boot Camp
- Bordenkircher v. Hayes (1978) Read the Abridged Case
- Bow Street Runners [Policing]
- Boykin v. Alabama (1969) Read the Abridged Case
- Breach of the Peace [Criminal Law]
- Breed v. Jones (1975)
- Breyer, Stephen {Justice}
- Bribery [Criminal Law]
- Brief [Law / Legal Research]
- Brockway, Zebulon [Corrections]
- Broken Windows Theory
- Brown v. Mississippi (1936)
- Burden of Proof
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives [U.S. Department of Justice]
- Bureau of Justice Assistance [U.S. Department of Justice]
- Bureau of Justice Statistics [U.S. Department of Justice]
- Burger Court (1969 – 1986)
- Burglary [FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports]
- Burglary [Criminal Law]
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