Outline of criminal justice: Difference between revisions

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• criminal justice
  • List of criminal justice notables

A

abuse defense -- actus reus -- administrative law -- arraignment -- arrest warrant -- arson -- assault -- attendant circumstances

B

bail -- bias crime -- booking -- burglary

C

case law -- causation -- citizen's arrest -- civil law -- clearance rate -- common law -- concurrence -- concurrent sentence -- conflict model -- consecutive sentence -- consensus model -- corpus delicti -- corrections -- creative lawyering -- crime -- crime control -- crime index -- criminal justice -- criminology

D

defense -- denial of a speedy trial -- diminished responsibility -- double jeopardy -- due process

E

Embezzlement -- entrapment -- espionage -- evidentiary hearing -- excuse -- Execution warrant

F

felony -- forgery

G

grand jury

H

hate crime

I

inchoate offense -- indictment -- individual rights -- infraction -- innovative defense -- insanity defense -- Islamic law

J

jurisprudence -- jury trial -- justice -- justification

L

larceny -- law -- liability

M

mafia -- manslaughter -- McNaghten rule -- mens rea -- Miranda Warning -- misdemeanor -- mistake -- motive -- motor vehicle theft -- murder

N

negligence

O

offense -- organized crime

P

precedent -- predator -- preliminary hearing -- probable cause -- probation -- procedural defense -- prosecutorial misconduct -- provocation -- public order

Q

rape -- resisting unlawful arrest -- robbery

R

selective prosecution -- self-defense -- sentence -- Sharia -- social control -- stare decisis -- statutory law -- suicide

T

theft -- terrorism -- treason -- trial

V

violence

W

warrant