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- San Diego Field Interrogation Study [Policing]
- Santobello v. New York (1971) Read the Abridged Case
- Scarlet-Letter Punishment [Corrections]
- Scene Integrity [Investigations]
- Schall v. Martin (1984) Read the Abridged Case
- Schenck v. United States (1919)
- Schizophrenic
- School Resource Officer (SRO) [Policing]
- School-to-prison Pipeline
- Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) [Homeland Security]
- Scientific Method
- Scientific Jury Selection
- Scientific Police Management
- SCOTUS. See U.S. Supreme Court.
- Search Incident to Arrest [Procedural Law]
- Search Warrant [Procedural Law]
- Second Amendment {of the Constitution of the United States}
- Secret Service [Policing]
- Securities [Criminal Law]
- Security [Corrections]
- Sedition [Criminal Law]
- Self-defense [Criminal Law]
- Sentence
- Sentencing
- Sentencing Disparity
- Sentencing Guideline
- Sentencing Hearing
- Sentencing Negotiations
- Sentencing Reform Act of 1984
- Sentencing Statute
- Separation of Powers
- Service of Process
- Service Style {of Policing}
- Sequester {a jury}
- Severity {in Rational Choice Theory}
- Sex Offense (FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports)
- Sexual Abuse [Criminal Law]
- Sexual Battery [Criminal Law]
- Shakedown [Corrections]
- Shelter [Juvenile Justice]
- Sheriff
- Sheriff’s Department
- Sheriff’s Deputies
- Shire
- Shire-reeve
- Shock Incarceration
- Shock Probation
- Simple Assault (FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports)
- Sixth Amendment {of the United States Constitution}
- Smuggling
- “Sneak and Peek” Search [Procedural Law]
- Social Control [Criminology]
- Social Debt [Sentencing]
- Social Development Theory [Criminology]
- Social Disorganization [Criminology]
- Social Ecology [Criminology]
- Social Justice
- Social Learning Theory [Criminology]
- Social Order
- Social-psychological Theory
- Social Stigma
- Sociopath. see Psychopath.
- Sodomy [Criminal Law]
- Software Piracy
- Solicitation [Criminal Law]
- Somatotyping [Criminology]
- Sotomayor, Sonia {Justice}
- Special Populations [Corrections]
- Specific Deterrence see also General Deterrence.
- Specialized Units [Policing]
- Speedy Trial
- Speedy Trial Act of 1974
- Split Sentence
- Stakeholder
- Stalking [Criminal Law]
- Standard of Proof. See also Reasonable Suspicion, Probable Cause, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
- Standing [Procedural Law]
- Standing Mute
- Stare Decisis. (Legal Latin). see also Precedence.
- State-action Doctrine
- State Court Administrator
- State Court System
- State Highway Patrol
- State Police
- State-use System
- State’s Attorney
- Status Offender
- Status Offense
- Statute
- Statute of Limitations
- Statute of Winchester
- Statutory Law
- Statutory Rape
- Stay of Execution
- Stockholm Syndrome
- Stolen Property Offense
- Stop and Frisk [Procedural Law]
- Stranger Violence
- Strategic Policing
- Street Crime
- Strict Liability [Criminal Law]
- Structured Sentencing
- Subculture of Violence
- Subornation of Perjury [Criminal Law]
- Subpoena
- Subpoena Duces Tecum
- Substance Abuse Treatment
- Substantial Capacity Test [Criminal Law]
- Substantial Federal Question [Procedural Law]
- Substantive Criminal Law. [Law]. See also Procedural Law.
- Supermale [Criminology]
- Super-Maximum-Security Prison
- Superpredator [Criminology]
- Supervised Probation
- Supervised Release
- Supremacy Clause
- Suspect
- Suspended Sentence
- Suspicionless Search [Procedural Law]
- Sustaining the Petition [Juvenile Justice]
- System
- S.W.A.T. [Policing]
- Sworn Officer [Policing]
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