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POLICE OFFICERS MANUAL WITH FORMS OF CHARGES AND OUTLINES OF EVIDENCE FOR CRIMINAL OFFENCES, 7TH ED.

NCJ Number
51080
Author(s)
G P RODRIGUES
Editor(s)
D POTTER
Date Published
1978
Length
511 pages
Annotation
THIS GLOSSARY FOR CANADIAN POLICE OFFICERS DEFINES, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, ASSORTED STREET JARGON AND MEDICAL, LEGAL, BALLISTIC, PHARMACEUTICAL, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE TERMINOLOGY.
Abstract
COMMONLY APPLIED STREET-LEVEL SYNONYMS FOR VARIOUS DRUG-RELATED ITEMS (E.G., COKE, TURKEY, HORSE) ARE EXPLAINED, ALONG WITH SUCH TERMS AS ACCOMPLICE, BONE MARROW EMBOLISM, CHASTE CHARACTER, DUELING, EGGSHELL FRACTURE, FORCIBLE CONFINEMENT, GARROTING, HESITATION WOUND, INCITING TO MUTINY, JUNKIE'S LUNG, KIDNAPING, LIBEL, MUMMIFICATION, NUDE, OVERSHOT WAD, PARIMUTUEL BETTING, QUALIFIED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER RAILWAY OFFENSES, SADISM, TOTIES QUOTIES, UNLAWFUL DRILLING, VIRTUAL COOLING TIME, WARRANTS, AND YOKING. (KBL)