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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A
Abduction (See Crime>Violent Crime>Kidnaping or Juvenile Justice>Child Protection/Health>Missing Children)
Adjudication (See Courts or Juvenile Justice>Juvenile Courts)
Aftercare/Reentry (See Corrections>Reentry/Release or Juvenile Justice>Corrections/Detention>Aftercare/Reentry)
AIDS/HIV/Hepatitis/Infectious Diseases (See Corrections>Inmate Assistance Programs>Health)
Alarm Systems (See Corrections>Equipment/Technology or Law Enforcement>Equipment and Facilities)
Alcohol
Alcohol-Related Offenses
Alternatives to Incarceration (See Courts>Sentencing and Sanctions>Alternatives to Incarceration or Juvenile Justice>Corrections/Detention>Alternatives
American Indians (See Courts>Court Types>Tribal Courts or Juvenile Justice>Gender/Race/Ethnicity>American Indians or Victims>Special Populations>Tribal)
Anti-Drug Efforts (See Drugs>Prevention and Education)
Appeals
Arrests
Arson
Asset Forfeiture (See Courts>Sentencing and Sanctions or Law Enforcement>Operations)
Assault
Auto Theft (See Crime>Property Crime>Motor Vehicle Theft)

B
Background Checks (See Background Checks or Corrections>Personnel)
Bail/Financial Release (See Courts>Pretrial Release and Services)
Body Armor (See Corrections>Equipment/Technology>Protective Equipment or Law Enforcement>Equipment and Facilities>Protective Equipment)
Boot Camps (See Courts>Sentencing and Sanctions>Alternatives to Incarceration or Juvenile Justice>Corrections/Detention>Alternatives)
Bullying (See Juvenile Justice>Bullying or Internet Safety Special Feature>Cyberbullying and Cyberstalking)
Burglary
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C
Campus Safety (See Campus Safety Awareness Special Feature)
Canine (See Law Enforcement>Equipment and Facilities)
Capital Punishment
Carjacking
Case Processing
Child Abuse/Exploitation (See Juvenile Justice>Child Protection/Health>Child Abuse>Exploitation and Child Abuse Special Feature)
Child Molestation (See Juvenile Justice>Child Protection/Health>Child Abuse/Exploitation or Victims>Special Populations>Juveniles)
Child Pornography (See Juvenile Justice>Child Protection/Health>Child Abuse/Exploitation or Victims>Special Populations>Juveniles or Crime>Property Crime>Electronic Crime)
Child Protection/Health
Child Sexual Abuse (See Juvenile Justice>Child Protection/Health>Child Abuse/Exploitation or Victims>Special Populations>Juveniles)
Children Exposed to Violence (See Juvenile Justice>Child Protection/Health>Exposure to Violence or Children Exposed to Violence Special Feature)
Chronic Offenders/Recidivism
Civil Justice
Civil Remedies
Club Drugs
Cocaine
Communication Systems
Communications and Dispatching
Community Corrections (See Corrections>Facilities>Community-Based or Corrections>Parole and Probationor Community Corrections Special Feature)
Community Courts
Community Justice (See Courts>Sentencing and Sanctions)
Community Policing (See Law Enforcement>Operations>Community Policing or Crime Prevention>Community Policing)
Community Responses
Community/Faith Involvement (See Juvenile Justice>Delinquency Prevention>Community/Faith Involvement)
Community-Based
Compstat (See Law Enforcement>Investigations>Crime Mapping)
Computer Crime (See Electronic Crime)
Conferences (See Justice Events)
Confinement (See Juvenile Justice>Confinement)
Conflict Resolution (See Juvenile Justice>Delinquency Prevention)
COPS (See Law Enforcement>Operations>Community Policing or Crime Prevention>Community Policing)
Corrections
Corrections/Detention (See Corrections or Juvenile Justice>Corrections/Detention)
Costs/Benefits
Counter-Terrorism
Court Types
Courts
CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) (See Crime Prevention)
Crime
Crime Mapping
Crime Prevention
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) (See Crime Prevention)
Crime Rate (See Law Enforcement>Arrests)
Crime Scene (See Law Enforcement>Investigations>Crime Scene or Justice System>Science/Technology>Forensics)
Crime Statistics (See the specific Crime category or Law Enforcement>Arrests)
Criminal History Records
Criminal Justice System (See Justice System)
Criminal Record Systems
Crisis Intervention/Response
Crop Eradication (See Drugs>Drug Law Enforcement)
Curfew (See Juvenile Justice>Delinquency Prevention)
Cyber Crime (See Crime>Property Crime>Electronic Crime and Internet Safety Special Feature)
Cyberbullying (See Internet Safety Special Feature>Cyberbullying and Cyberstalking)
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D
Date Rape (See Crime>Violent Crime>Rape and Sexual Assault)
Dating Violence (See Crime>Domestic Violence or Teen Dating Violence Special Feature)
Death Penalty (See Corrections>Capital Punishment or Courts>Sentencing and Sanctions>Death Penalty)
Death Row (See Corrections>Capital Punishment)
Deaths in Custody
Defendants
Defense Services
Delinquency (See Juvenile Justice>Juvenile Delinquency)
Delinquency Prevention
Denial of Benefits (See Courts>Sentencing and Sanctions)
Detention (See Corrections or Juvenile Justice>Corrections/Detention)
Determinate Sentencing (See Courts>Sentencing and Sanctions)
Disabled (See Victims>Special Populations>Disabled)
Dispositions
Disproportionate Minority Contact (See Juvenile Justice>Gender/Race/Ethnicity>Minorities)
Dispute Resolution (See Courts>Sentencing and Sanctions)
Diversion (See Courts>Case Processing)
DNA
Domestic Preparedness (See Law Enforcement>Counter-Terrorism)
Domestic Violence
Driving Under the Influence (See Driving Under the Influence and Impaired Driving Special Feature)
Drug Courts
Drug Crime
Drug Dogs (See Law Enforcement>Equipment and Facilities)
Drug Law Enforcement
Drug Policy (See Drugs>Policy)
Drug Possession (See Crime Type>Drug Crime>Possession)
Drug Prevention and Education
Drug Related Crime
Drug Testing (See Drugs>Testing or Law Enforcement>Personnel or Corrections>Personnel)
Drug Trafficking
Drug Treatment (See Drugs>Treatment or Corrections>Inmate Assistance Programs>Drug Treatment)
Drugs
Drugs/Underage Drinking
DUI/DWI (See Driving Under the Influence and Impaired Driving Special Feature)
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E
Early Intervention (See Drugs>Prevention and Education)
Ecstasy (See Club Drugs)
Education (See Corrections>Inmate Assistance Programs>Education)
Elder Abuse (See Victims>Special Populations>Elderly and Elder Abuse Special Feature)
Elderly (See Victims>Special Populations>Elderly)
Electronic Crime
Electronic Monitoring (See Alternatives to Incarceration)
Embezzlement (See Crime>Property Crime>White Collar Crime or Crime>Public Order Offenses>Money Laundering)
Environmental Design (See Crime Prevention)
Equipment and Facilities
Equipment/Technology (See Corrections>Equipment/Technology or Courts>Equipment/Technology or Law Enforcement>Equipment and Facilities)
Evidence
Executions (See Corrections>Capital Punishment)
Expenditures and Employment
Exposure to Violence
Eyewitness (See Courts>Case Processing>Witnesses)

F
Facilities (See Corrections>Facilities or Courts>Facilities/Security or Law Enforcement>Equipment and Facilities)
Facilities/Security (See Courts>Facilities/Security)
Faith-Based (See Crime Prevention>Faith-Based or Corrections>Inmate-Assistance Programs>Faith-Based or Drugs>Prevention and Education or Juvenile Justice>Juvenile Delinquency Prevention>Community/Faith-Based or Victims>Faith-Based)
Families of Prisoners (See Corrections>Inmates/Offenders)
Family Courts
Family Strengthening (See Juvenile Justice>Delinquency Prevention)
Family Violence (See Crime>Violent Crime>Domestic Violence)
Females (See Victims>Special Populations>Women or Juvenile Justice>Gender/Race/Ethnicity>Females)
Financial Recovery
Fingerprints (See Courts>Case Processing>Evidence or Law Enforcement>Investigations>Crime Scene)
Firearms (See Corrections>Equipment/Technology or Crime>Violent Crime>Gun Violence or Law Enforcement>Equipment and Facilities)
Forensic Laboratories
Forensics
Fraud (See Fraud or Fraud Awareness Special Feature)
Funding (See Grants & Funding)
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G
Gang Crime
Gang Prevention (See Crime Prevention or Juvenile Justice>Delinquency Prevention)
Gangs (See Corrections>Inmates/Offenders or Juvenile Justice>Juvenile Delinquency>Gangs)
Gender/Race/Ethnicity (See Juvenile Justice>Gender/Race/Ethnicity or Victims>Special Populations)
GPS (Global Positioning System) (See Corrections>Equipment/Technology or Law Enforcement)
Grants (See Grants & Funding)
Gun Control (See Crime>Public Order Offenses>Weapons Violations or Crime>Violent Crime>Gun Violence)
Gun Violence

H
Halfway Houses (See Corrections>Facilities>Community-Based)
Hate Crime
Health and Mental Health (See Victims>Health and Mental Health or Corrections>Inmate Assistance Programs>Health or Juvenile Justice>Child Protection/Health>Health/Mental Health)
Heroin
High Intensity Drug Trafficicking Area (HIDTA) (See Drugs>Drug Law Enforcement)
Homeland Security (See Crime>Terrorism or Law Enforcement>Counter-Terrorism)
Homicide
Homicide Victims/Co-Survivors
Human Trafficking (See Crime>Trafficking in Persons)

I
Identity Theft
Illegal Substances
Immigration Offenses
Impaired Driving (See Crime>Public Order Offenses>Driving Under the Influenceor Impaired Driving Special Feature)
Incarceration
Indigent Defense (See Courts>Case Processing>Defense Services)
Information Systems and Technology
Inmate Assistance
Inmates/Offenders
Intelligence (See Law Enforcement>Investigations)
Interdiction (See Drugs>Drug Law Enforcement)
Intermediate Sanctions (See Courts>Sentencing and Sanctions or Juvenile Justice>Corrections/Detention>Alternatives)
Internet Crime/Safety (See Crime>Property Crime>Electronic Crimeor Internet Safety Special Feature)
Intimate Partner Violence (See Crime>Violent Crime>Domestic Violence)
Investigations
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J
Jails
Judges (See Courts>Personnel)
Juries (See Courts>Case Processing)
Justice System
Juvenile Corrections/Detention
Juvenile Courts
Juvenile Death Penalty (See Corrections>Sentencing and Sanctions>Death Penalty)
Juvenile Delinquency
Juvenile Delinquency Prevention
Juvenile Health/Mental Health (See Juvenile Justice>Child Protection/Health)
Juvenile Justice
Juvenile Offenders (See Juvenile Justice>Juvenile Delinquency)
Juvenile Offenses (See Juvenile Justice>Juvenile Delinquency)
Juvenile Recidivism (See Juvenile Justice>Juvenile Delinquency>Chronic Offenders/Recidivism)
Juvenile Sex Offenders (See Juvenile Justice>Juvenile Delinquency>Sex Offenders)
Juvenile Victims (See Victims>Special Populations>Juveniles)

K
Kidnaping (See Crime>Kidnaping or Juvenile Justice>Missing Children or Missing Kids Special Feature)

L
Lab Clean-Up (See Drugs>Drug Law Enforcement)
Larceny/Theft
Law Enforcement
Legal Substances
Less Lethal Technologies
Life Skills (See Corrections>Inmate Assistance Programs>Education)
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M
Magistrates (See Courts>Personnel)
Management (See Justice System>Expenditures and Employment or Law Enforcement>Personnel)
Mandatory Sentencing (See Courts>Sentencing and Sanctions)
Manufacturing
Marijuana
MDMA (See Club Drugs)
Megan's Law (See Crime>Violent Crime>Rape and Sexual Assault or Justice System>Criminal Record Systems>Sex Offender Registries )
Mental Health (See Corrections>Inmate Assistance Programs>Mental Health or Juvenile Justice>Health/Mental Health or Victims>Health and Mental Health)
Mental Health Courts
Mentoring (See Juvenile Justice>Delinquency Prevention>Mentoringor Mentoring Special Feature)
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine Lab Clean-Up (See Drugs>Drug Law Enforcement)
Military (See Victims>Special Populations>Military)
Minorities (See Victims>Special Populations>Minorities or Juvenile Justice>Gender/Race/Ethnicity>Minorities)
Missing Children (See Juvenile Justice>Missing Children or Missing Kids Special Feature)
Money Laundering
Motor Vehicle Theft
Multi-Jurisdictional Task Forces (See Law Enforcement>Investigations>Task Forces)
Murder (See Homicide)

N
NCVRW (National Crime Victims' Rights Week) (See Victims>Rights and Services)
NIBRS (National Incident-Based Reporting System) (See Crime or Victims>Victimization)

O
Offenders Younger Than 15
Oleoresin Capsicum (Pepper Spray) (See Law Enforcement>Equipment and Facilities>Less Lethal or Law Enforcement>Use of Force or Justice System>Science/Technology>Less Lethal Technologies)
Operations (See Law Enforcement>Operations)
organized Crime
Overcrowding (See Corrections>Facilities)
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P
Parents (See Drugs>Prevention and Education)
Parole and Probation
Patrol (See Law Enforcement>Operations)
PAVNET (Partnerships Against Violence Network) (See Crime>Violent Crime or Crime Prevention or Juvenile Justice>Juvenile Delinquency>Violent Offenders)
Pepper Spray (Oleoresin Capsicum) (See Law Enforcement>Equipment and Facilities>Less Lethal or Law Enforcement>Use of Force or Justice System>Science/Technology>Less Lethal Technologies)
Personnel (See Corrections>Personnel or Courts>Personnel or Law Enforcement>Personnel)
Plea Bargain (See Courts>Case Processing)
Police (See Law Enforcement)
Police Brutality (See Law Enforcement>Use of Force)
Police Stress (See Law Enforcement>Personnel>Stress)
Police Use of Force (See Law Enforcement>Use of Force)
Policy (See Drugs>Policy)
Possession (See Crime Type>Drug Crime>Possession)
Prescription Drugs
Pretrial Detention and Supervision
Pretrial Release and Services
Prevention and Education (See Drugs>Prevention and Education or Crime Prevention or Delinquency Prevention)
Prison Gangs (See Corrections>Inmates/Offenders)
Prison Population (See Corrections>Inmates/Offenders)
Prison Privatization (See Corrections>Facilities>Prisons)
Prisoner Reentry (See Corrections>Reentry/Release)
Prisons
Probation (See Parole and Probation)
Problem-Oriented Policing
Profiling
Property Crime
Prosecution
Prosecutors (See Courts>Personnel)
Prostitution
Protective Equipment (See Corrections>Equipment/Technology>Protective Equipment or Law Enforcement>Equipment and Facilities>Protective Equipment)
Public Housing Programs (See Crime Prevention>Weed & Seed Programs)
Public Order Offenses
Publications (See A-Z Publications/Products or Abstracts Database Search)
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R
Racial Profiling (See Law Enforcement>Profiling)
Rape and Sexual Assault
Recidivism (See Corrections>Recidivism or Juvenile Justice>Juvenile Delinquency>Chronic Offenders/Recidivism)
Recruiting (See Law Enforcement>Personnel>Recruiting)
Reentry/Release
Rehabilitation (See Corrections>Inmate Assistance or Drugs>Treatment)
Release on Recognizance (See Courts>Pretrial Release and Services)
Repeat Offenders (See Corrections>Recidivism or Juvenile Justice>Juvenile Delinquency>Chronic Offenders/Recidivism)
Restitution (See Courts>Sentencing and Sanctions>Restitution or Victims>Financial Recovery)
Restorative Justice (See Courts>Sentencing and Sanctions>Restorative Justice or Victims of Crime>Restorative Justice)
Rights and Services (See Victims>Rights and Services)
Risk Factors (See Crime Prevention>Risk Factors or Juvenile Justice>Delinquency Prevention>Risk/Protective Factors)
Robbery
Runaways (See Juvenile Justice>Child Protection/Health>Missing Children)
Rural (See Victims>Special Populations>Rural)

S
Sanctions (See Juveniles>Juvenile Courts>Sanctions or Courts>Sentencing and Sanctions)
School-Based Programs (See Juvenile Justice>Schools)
School Resource Officer (SRO) (See Juvenile Justice>Schools>School Safety)
School Safety
School Violence (See Juvenile Justice>Schools>Bullying or Juvenile Justice>Schools>School Safety)
Schools
Science/Technology
Security (See Corrections>Facilities)
Seizure (See Drugs>Drug Law Enforcement)
Self Protection
Sensors/Surveillance (See Justice System>Science/Technology)
Sentencing and Sanctions
Sentencing Guidelines (See Courts>Sentencing and Sanctions)
Service Programs
Sex Offender Registries
Sex Offenders (See Crime>Violent Crime>Rape and Sexual Assault or Juvenile Justice>Juvenile Delinquency>Sex Offendersor Sex Offenders Special Feature)
Sexual Abuse (See Crime>Violent Crime>Rape and Sexual Assault)
Sexual Assault
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) (See Crime>Violent Crime>Rape and Sexual Assault)
Shoplifting (See Crime>Property Crime>Larceny/Theft)
Special Populations (See Victims>Special Populations)
Specialty Courts
Stalking (See Stalking or Stalking Awareness Special Feature)
Statistics (See the Topic or the Crime type of interest)
Stress (See Law Enforcement>Personnel>Stress)
Substance Abuse (See Drugs)
Substance Abuse Indicators
Suicide (See Juvenile Justice>Child Protection/Health>Health/Mental Health)
Supreme Courts (See Courts>Court Types)
Surveillance (See Law Enforcement>Investigations)
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T
Tasers (See Justice System>Science/Technology>Less Lethal Technologies or Law Enforcement>Equipment and Facilities>Less Lethal)
Task Forces
Technology (See Justice System>Science/Technlogy or Corrections>Equipment/Technology or Courts>Equipment/Technology or Law Enforcement>Equipmment and Facilities)
Teen Court Diversion Programs (See Juvenile Justice>Juvenile Courts>Specialty Courts or Youth/Teen Court Diversion Programs Special Feature)
Teen Dating Violence (See Crime>Domestic Violence or Teen Dating Violence Special Feature)
Terrorism
Testing (See Drugs>Testing)
Theft (See Crime>Property Crime>Larceny/Theft or Crime>Property Crime>Motor Vehicle Theft or Crime>Property Crime>Identity Theft)
Third Party Custody (See Courts>Pretrial Release and Services)
Three Strikes Law (See Courts>Sentencing and Sanctions)
Trafficking (See Crime Type>Drug Crime>Trafficking)
Trafficking in Persons
Training (See Law Enforcement>Personnel>Training)
Treatment (See Drugs>Treatment)
Trials
Tribal (See Court Types>Tribal Courts or Victims>Special Populations>Tribal or Justice in Indian Country Special Feature)
Tribal Courts (See Tribal Courts or Justice in Indian Country Special Feature)
Tribal Justice (See Justice in Indian Country Special Feature or Justice System)
Truancy

U
Underage Drinking
Use of Force (See Law Enforcement>Use of Force)

V
Vandalism (See Crime>Property Crime)
Victim Assistance (See Victims>Financial Recovery or Victims>Service Programs)
Victim Impact Panels (See Courts>Sentencing and Sanctions)
Victimization
Victims
Victims of Juvenile Offenders
Victims Rights
Violent Crime
Violent Offenders

W
Waiver/Transfer (See Juvenile Justice>Juvenile Courts>Waiver/Transfer)
Weapons (See Corrections>Equipment/Technologyor Law Enforcement>Equipment and Facilities)
Weapons Violations
Weed & Seed Programs
White Collar Crime
Witnesses
Women (See Victims>Special Populations>Women)
Workplace Violence (See Crime>Violent Crime)

Y
Youth Court Diversion Programs (See Juvenile Justice>Juvenile Courts>Specialty Courtsor Youth/Teen Court Diversion Programs Special Feature)
Youth Gangs (See Juvenile Justice>Juvenile Delinquency>Gangsor Youth Violence Special Feature)

Last updated on: 8/10/2012



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