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- Damages
- Dark Figure of Crime
- Data Collection [Juvenile Justice]
- Data Encryption
- Data Security [Juvenile Justice]
- Data-Driven Approaches [Corrections]
- Data-driven Methodologies [Juvenile Justice]
- Date Rape
- Daubert Standard
- Day Fine
- Deadly Force
- Deadly Weapon
- Death Penalty
- Death Row
- Debtor’s Prisons [Corrections]
- Decarceration [Juvenile Justice]
- Decarceration Initiatives [Corrections]
- Decentralized [Policing]
- Declaration of Principles [Corrections]
- Declaratory Judgment
- Decisions [Courts]
- Decision Support Systems [Juvenile Justice]
- Deconstructionist Theory
- Decriminalization
- De-escalation [Policing]
- Defendant
- Defense {to a criminal charge}
- Defense Attorney. See Defense Counsel.
- Defense Counsel
- De facto
- Defensible Space Theory
- Dehumanization [Corrections]
- Dehumanization Risk [Juvenile Justice]
- Deinstitutionalization
- Deliberate Indifference [Corrections]
- Delinquency [Juvenile Justice]
- Delinquency Prevention [Juvenile Justice]
- Delinquent [Juvenile Justice]
- Delinquent Act [Juvenile Justice]
- Delinquent behavior [Juvenile Justice]
- Delinquent Child [Juvenile Justice]
- Delinquent Offenses [Juvenile Justice]
- Democratic Governance [Corrections]
- Democratic Society
- De novo
- Department of Homeland Security
- Dependency [Juvenile Justice]
- Dependent Child [Juvenile Justice]
- Dependent and Neglected Children [Juvenile Justice]
- Depraved Heart Murder [Criminal Law]
- Depression [Corrections]
- Design Capacity [Corrections]
- Detainee
- Detention
- Detention Center
- Detention Criteria [Juvenile Justice]
- Detention Facility See Detention Center.
- Detention Hearing
- Determinate Sentencing
- Deterrence
- Detoxification [Corrections]
- Developmental Differences [Juvenile Justice]
- Developmental Needs [Juvenile Justice]
- Developmental Psychology [Juvenile Justice]
- Deviance
- Diagnostic Center {Juvenile}
- Digital Citizenship [Juvenile Justice]
- Digital Footprint [Juvenile Justice]
- Digital Interventions [Juvenile Justice]
- Digital Literacy [Juvenile Justice]
- Diminished Capacity
- Directed Patrol
- Direct Evidence
- Discharge
- Discharge planning [Juvenile Justice]
- Discovery
- Discretion
- Discretion in Sentencing [Juvenile Justice]
- Discriminatory Policies [Corrections]
- Discriminatory Practices [Corrections]
- Dismissal With Prejudice
- Dismissal Without Prejudice
- Disorderly Conduct
- Disparities [Corrections]
- Disparities in Incarceration Rates [Corrections]
- Disposition
- Disposition Hearing
- Dispositional Hearings [Juvenile Justice]
- Disproportionate Impact [Juvenile Justice]
- Disproportionately Affected [Corrections]
- Disproportionate Minority Confinement
- Disproportionate Minority Contact
- Disproportionate Sentences [Juvenile Justice]
- Dispute-Resolution Center
- Distributive Justice
- District Attorney (D.A.)
- District Attorney’s Office v. Osborne (2009) Read the Abridged Case
- Disrupting [Juvenile Justice]
- Distorted Thinking [Juvenile Justice]
- Diverse Offender Populations [Corrections]
- Diversion
- Diversionary Programs [Corrections]
- Diversion Control Program [U.S. Department of Justice – DEA]
- DNA
- DNA Profiling
- Docket
- Doctrine [Juvenile Justice]
- Doctrine of Proportionality
- Doe v. Renfrow (1981)
- Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) [Homeland Security]
- Domestic Terrorism
- Domestic Violence
- Double Jeopardy
- Drug
- Drug Abuse
- Drug Awareness Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.)
- Drug Court
- Drug Czar
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) [U.S. Department of Justice]
- Drug Enforcement Unit
- Drug Offenses
- Drug Trafficking
- Dual Court System
- Dual Federalism
- Dual Mandate [Corrections]
- Dual System Youth [Juvenile Justice]
- Due Process
- Due Process Clause
- Due Process Model {of Criminal Justice}
- Duress [Criminal Law]
- Durham Rule [Criminal Law]
- Dwelling House [Criminal Law]
- Dynamic Factors [Juvenile Justice]
- Dynamics [Juvenile Justice]
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