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- Brackets are used to show a parent topic or organization: (ATF) [U.S. Dept. of Justice]
- Curly brackets are used to disambiguate terms: element {of a crime}
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V
- Vagrancy [FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports]
- Vandalism [FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports]
- Venue
- Verdict
- Vicarious Liability [Criminal Law]
- Vice [Criminal Law / Policing]
- Victim
- Victim Assistance Program
- Victimless Crime
- Victim Impact Statement
- Victimization
- Victimology
- Vigilantism
- Violation [Criminal Law]
- Violator [Corrections]
- Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
- Violent Crime [FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports]
- Visible Crime
- Vocational Training
- Void for Vagueness [Constitutional Law]
- Voir Dire
- Vollmer, August
- Voluntary Intoxication [Criminal Law – Defenses]
- Voluntary Manslaughter. See Manslaughter.
- Voluntary Sentencing Guidelines. Also, Advisory Sentencing Guidelines.
W
- Waiver {to Adult Court}
- Walnut Street Jail [Corrections]
- Warden
- Warden v. Hayden (1967) Read the Abridged Case
- Warehousing
- Warrant
- Warren Court
- Watch and Ward [Policing]
- Watchman Style {of Policing}
- Weapons Offense
- Weeks v. United States (1914) Read the Abridged Case
- Wharton Rule [Criminal Law]
- White-collar Crime
- Wickersham Commission
- Wilderness Camp [Juvenile Justice]
- Williams v. Florida (1970) Read the Abridged Case
- Wilson, James Q.
- Wilson, O. W.
- Witness
- Wolf v. Colorado (1949)
- Wolff v. McDonnell (1974)
- Women’s Prison [Corrections]
- Workhouse
- Work Release Program [Corrections]
- Writ [Law]
- Writ of Certiorari
- Writ of Habeas Corpus. See Habeas Corpus.
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