Criminal Terminology
Abbreviation
Courts
Courts Abbrev.
Corrections
100

What is officers who assist first responders?

What is Back Up

100

What is AKA?

What is Also Known As

100

What is a written sworn statement?

What is affidavit 

100

What is AAG?

What is Assistant Attorney General

100

What is person on parole who fails to report to his or her parole officer?

What is Absconder

200

What is entering a property or room with the intent to steal items from the premises?

What is Burglary?

200

What is APB?

What is All Points Bulletin

200

What is any judicial ending a criminal proceeding?

What is Adjudication

200

What is C.F.R.?

What is Code of Federal Regulations

200

What is prohibited item or substance which is smuggled into an correctional facility?

What is Controban

300

What is facts and circumstances providing reasonable justification for an seizure, search or warrant?

What is Probable Cause

300

What is GSR?

What is Gun Shot Residue

300

What is reductional sentence of a convicted criminal?

What is Clemency

300

What is C.J.S.?

What is Corpus Juris Secundum (encyclopedia of law)

300

What is tendency to relapse into criminal behavior?

What is Recidvism

400

What is restriction setting the period of time allowed to elapse between the occurrence of an incident and the filing of a law suit or criminal prosecution?

What is statue of limitation

400

What is CODIS?

What is Combined DNA Index System

400

What is final judicial decision?

What is Disposition

400

What is M.J.?

What is West's Military Justice Reporter

400

What is illegal process in which an offender's probation or parole is recalled, because he or she fails to comply with the terms of release?

What is Revocation

500

What is facts and circumstances providing justification for a brief stop or detention; less than probable cause, but more than a hunch or mere speculation?

What is Reasonable suspicion

500

What is INTERPOL?

What is International Criminal Police Organization

500

What is when a defendant represents him or herself rather than having a defense attorney?

What is Pro Se

500

What is Fed.R.Crim.P.?

What is Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

500

What is release of prisoner from imprisonment but not from legal custody and supervision?

What is Parole

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