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- Curly brackets are used to disambiguate terms: element {of a crime}
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T
- Tailored Assessments [Corrections]
- Tailored Interventions [Juvenile Justice]
- Tamper Alerts [Juvenile Justice]
- Team Policing
- Technical Violation [Corrections]
- Technological Dependency [Juvenile Justice]
- Teen Court
- Teleconferencing [Corrections]
- Telehealth [Juvenile Justice]
- Tennessee v. Garner (1985) Read the Abridged Case
- Terrorism
- Terry Stop. See Stop and Frisk
- Terry v. Ohio (1968) Read the Abridged Case
- Testimony
- Testimonial Evidence [Evidence Law]
- Theft
- Justice Clarence Thomas
- Three Branches of Government
- Theory [Criminology]
- Therapeutic Communities [Corrections]
- Therapeutic Court Models [Juvenile Justice]
- Time-series Analyses [Juvenile Justice]
- Tithing [Policing]
- Tithingman [Policing]
- Three Strikes Laws [Sentencing]
- Tort
- Total Institutions
- Town Hall Meeting [Policing]
- Traffic Control
- Traffic Court
- Traffic Unit [Policing]
- Training School [Juvenile Justice]
- Transformative [Juvenile Justice]
- Transnational Crime
- Transcript
- Transfer to Adult Court
- Transitional Housing [Corrections]
- Transparency
- Transitional Justice
- Transportation Security Administration (TSA) [Homeland Security]
- Trauma Exposure [Juvenile Justice]
- Trauma-Informed Approaches [Corrections]
- Trauma-Informed Care [Corrections]
- Trauma-Informed Lawyering [Juvenile Justice]
- Trauma-Informed Teaching Methods [Juvenile Justice]
- Trauma-related Disorders [Juvenile Justice]
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) [Corrections]
- Treason
- Trespass [Criminal Law]
- Treatment Fidelity [Juvenile Justice]
- Treatment Plan [Juvenile Justice]
- Trial
- Trial Court
- Trial De Novo (Legal Latin)
- Trial Judge
- Trial by Jury
- Trial Jury. See Petit Jury.
- Trial Court
- Tribal Police
- Truancy [Juvenile Justice]
- Truancy Prevention [Juvenile Justice]
- Truth in Sentencing
- Turf Wars [Juvenile Justice]
- Turner v. Safley (1987) [Corrections]
U
- UCR. See Uniform Crime Reports [FBI]
- Unbiased
- Unconditional Release
- Unconstitutional
- Under Color of Law [Law]
- Underlying Causes
- Undisciplined Child
- Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) [FBI]
- Unlawful Assembly [Criminal Law]
- United States v. Drayton (2002) Read the Abridged Case
- United States v. Leon (1984) Read the Abridged Case
- Uphold [Law]
- Upjohn Co. v. United States (1981) [Corrections]
- Urban Psychosis [Criminal Law – Defenses]
- USA Patriot Act of 2001 [Law]
- U.S. Attorney
- U.S. Attorney General [U.S. Department of Justice]
- U.S. Census Bureau
- U.S. Circuit Courts
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) [Homeland Security]
- U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) [Homeland Security]
- U.S. Code
- U.S. Courts of Appeal
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) [Homeland Security]
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division
- U.S. Department of Justice Asset Forfeiture Program
- U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division
- U.S. Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division
- U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review
- U.S. DoJ Executive Office for Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces
- U.S. DoJ Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys
- U.S. District Courts
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) [Homeland Security]
- U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) [U.S. Department of Justice]
- U.S. Parole Commission [U.S. Department of Justice]
- U.S. Secret Service (USSS) [Homeland Security]
- U.S. Sentencing Commission
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. v. Leon (1984)
- U.S. v. Salerno (1987) Read the Abridged Case
- Use of Force
- Utilitarianism
- Utilitarian Perspectives [Corrections]
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