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LAW ENFORCEMENT VOCABULARY

NCJ Number
42642
Author(s)
J A MARTIN
Date Published
1973
Length
260 pages
Annotation
THIS BOOK COVERS THE FIELD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS IN THE AREA OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND RELATED AREAS WITH WHICH THE POLICE OFFICER COMES IN CONTACT.
Abstract
BROUGHT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE TEXT IS THE ARRAY OF WORDS, PHRASES, AND SLANG RESULTING FROM THE EVER ACCELERATING ACCUMULATION OF KNOWLEDGE, THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, AND THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. LEGAL TERMS, WORDS PECULIAR TO POLICE WORK, JUVENILE SLANG (AND SLANG USED IN OTHER AREAS SUCH AS THE NARCOTICS FIELD, GAMBLING OPERATIONS, JAILS AND PENITENTIARIES) AND SOME MEDICAL TERMS, AS WELL AS MAJOR COURT CASES, COMPUTER TERMINOLOGY, AND NAMES OF NARCOTICS AND DRUGS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. WORDS AND PHRASES ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY, THEREFORE NO INDEX IS NEEDED. EXCEPT FOR SLANG AND PROPER NAMES, THE PRONUNCIATIONS ARE SHOWN PHONETICALLY FOR ALL EXCEPT SHORT AND SIMPLE WORDS. ACCENTED SYLLABLES ARE UNDERLINED. IN THE CASE OF WORDS WITH MULTIPLE MEANINGS, ONLY THOSE DEFINTIONS RELEVANT TO THE FIELD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE HAVE BEEN GIVEN. MODERN AND CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WORDS AND TERMS, TO WHICH PEOPLE HAVE HAD LITTLE EXPOSURE, ARE INCLUDED AND EXPLAINED IN SIMPLE, EASILY UNDERSTOOD LANGUAGE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...ELW

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