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G
- Gagnon v. Scarpelli (1973) Read the Abridged Case
- Gain Time
- Gaol
- General Deterrence
- Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
- Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) Read the Abridged Case
- Ginsburg, Ruth Bader {Justice}
- Goldstein, Herman [Policing]
- Good-faith Exception [Procedural Law]
- Good Time
- Justice Neil Gorsuch
- Graham v. Connor (1989) Read the Abridged Case
- Grand Jury
- Gregg v. Georgia (1976) Read the Abridged Case
- Grievous Bodily Harm [Criminal Law]
- Group Home
- Gross Negligence
- Guilty But Mentally Ill (GBMI)
- Guilty Plea
- Guilty Verdict
H
- Habeas Corpus
- Habitual Offender
- Hacker
- Hands-off Doctrine (Corrections)
- Harm {element of a crime}
- Harrison Act
- Hate Crime
- Hearing
- Hearsay
- Hierarchical
- Hierarchy Rule (FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports)
- Home Confinement
- Home-invasion Robbery
- Homicide
- Hot Pursuit Search
- Hot Spot
- House Arrest. See Home Confinement.
- Howard, John
- Hudson v. Palmer (1984) Read the Abridged Case
- Hue and Cry [Policing]
- Human Rights
- Hundred [Policing]
- Hung Jury
- Hypothesis
I
- Identity Theft
- Illegally Seized Evidence
- Illegal Search and Seizure
- Imminent Danger [Criminal Law]
- Impartial
- Impeachment
- Imprisonment
- Inactive Supervision [Corrections]
- In Camera
- Incapacitation
- Incarceration
- Incest
- Inchoate Offense
- Incident-based Reporting
- Included Offense
- Incompetent to Stand Trial
- Inculpatory Evidence
- Independent Counsel
- Indeterminate Sentencing
- Index Crime. See Crime Index
- Index Offenses. See Crime Index
- Indictment
- Indigent Defendant
- Individual Racism
- Individual Rights
- Individual Rights Advocate
- Industrial Prison
- Inevitable Discovery Exception [Procedural Law]
- Infancy Defense
- Infanticide
- Inference [Criminal Law]
- Informal Diversion
- Informant
- In Forma Pauperis
- Information {in charging a person with a crime}
- Infraction
- Inherent Coercion {in police interrogations}
- Initial Appearance. See First Appearance.
- Injunction
- Inquisitorial System
- In Re Gault (1967) Read the Abridged Case
- In Re Winship (1970) Read the Abridged Case
- Insanity Defense [Criminal Law]
- Insider Information
- Insider Trading [Criminal Law]
- Institutional Capacity
- Institutional Racism
- Intake
- Intensive Supervision Probation (ISP)
- Intent [Criminal Law]
- Inter Alia [Legal Latin]
- Interdiction
- Interdisciplinary Theory [Criminology]
- Intermediate Court of Appeals
- Intermediate Sanctions
- Internal Affairs
- International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)
- INTERPOL Washington [U.S. Department of Justice]
- International Terrorism
- Interrogation
- Intoxication [Criminal Law]
- Investigator [Policing]
- Involuntary Intoxication [Criminal Law]
- Involuntary Manslaughter. See Manslaughter.
- Irresistible Impulse Test [Criminal Law]
- Islamic Law
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