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- Curly brackets are used to disambiguate terms: element {of a crime}
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J
- Jail
- Johnson v. Avery (1969)
- Judgment
- Judgment Suspending Sentence
- Judicial Activism
- Judicial Diversion
- Judicial Independence
- Judicial Misconduct
- Judicial Officer
- Judicial Restraint
- Judicial Review
- Judiciary {as a branch of government}
- Jurisdiction
- Jurisprudence
- Jury
- Jury Instructions
- Jury Nullification
- Jury Panel
- Jury Selection
- Just Deserts
- Justice
- Justice Model {of Imprisonment}
- Justifiable Homicide [Criminal Law]
- Justification [Criminal Law]
- Juvenile
- Juvenile Court
- Juvenile Court Act of 1899
- Juvenile Court Movement
- Juvenile Court Judgement
- Juvenile Curfew
- Juvenile Delinquency
- Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Act of 1968
- Juvenile Detention Center
- Juvenile Disposition
- Juvenile Justice
- Juvenile Justice Agency
- Juvenile Justice System
- Juvenile Petition
K
- Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment [Policing]
- Justice Elena Kagan
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh
- Justice Anthony Kennedy
- Kent v. the United States (1966)
- Kidnapping (FBI’s Uniform Crime Report)
- Kidnapping [Criminal Law]
- Kin Policing
- Knapp Commission
- Knock and Announce Requirement [Procedural Law]
- Knowingly {culpable mental state}
- Knowingly and Voluntarily
L
- Labeling Theory [Criminology]
- Landmark Case
- Larceny [Criminal Law]
- Larceny-theft (FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports)
- Larceny by Trick [Criminal Law]
- Law
- Law Enforcement Agency
- Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA)
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
- Lawyer. See Attorney.
- Lay Witness
- Layer Cake Federalism
- Lease System [Corrections]
- Legal Cause [Criminal Law]
- Legal Counsel. See Attorney.
- Legal System
- Legalistic Style {of Policing}
- Legalization
- Legislature
- Lesser Included Offense [Criminal Law]
- Lesser of Two Evils Defense [Criminal Law]
- Less-than-lethal
- Lex Talionis (Legal Latin)
- Liberal [Politics / Courts]
- Liberal Decisions [Courts]
- Life Course Perspective (Criminology)
- Limited Jurisdiction [Courts]
- Line Officer [Policing]
- Local Government
- Local Police Department
- London Metropolitan Police Force
- Lower Courts
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