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ABDUCTION- is meant the taking away of a woman from her house or the place where
she may be for the purpose of carrying her to another place with intent to marry or to
corrupt her.
2. ABERRATIO ICTUS- mistake in the blow
3. ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR -
5. ACCESSORY BEFORE THE FACT A person who solicits or knowingly assists another person in
the commission of a crime, often the only person not actually present at the time of the
criminal act.
7. ACCIDENT- any happening beyond control of persons, consequences of which are not
foreseeable.
8. ACCIDENTAL CRIMINAL
9. ACCOMPLICE A person who in some way knowingly plays a role in the perpetration of a
crime.
11. ACCUMULATION AREA As related to hazardous waste, an area located at or near the point
of manufacture or other activity where the generation of hazardous waste initially occurs
and the accumulation is done in accordance with the requirements of section 372.2(a)(8)(i)
of this Title. (6-1A NYCRR § 370.2(2»
12. Accused –
14. ACID DEPOSITION The wet or dry deposition from the atmosphere of chemical compounds,
usually in the form of rain or snow, having the potential to form an aqueous compound with
a Ph level lower than the level considered normal under natural conditions or lower than
17. ACQUITTA
18. ACQUITTAL- a jury verdict that a criminal defendant is not guilty or the finding of a judge
that the evidence is insufficient to support a conviction.
19. ACQUITTAL- a jury verdict that a criminal defendant is not guilty or the finding of a
judge that the evidence is insufficient to support a conviction.
20. ACT- any bodily movement tending to produce some effect in the external world.
21. ACT- any bodily movement tending to produce some effect in the external world.
22. ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS A biological sewage treatment process in which a mixture of
sewage and activated sludge is agitated and aerated. It is intended to include the modified
forms of this process and also the so-called package plants which make use of such
modifications. (6~2A NYCRR § 650.1)
23. ACTIVE AGGRESSIVE CRIMINAL - Those who commit crime in an impulsive manner usually
due to the aggressive behavior of the offender.
24. ACTIVE CONCEALMENT, acting in a manner that is intended to conceal the truth.
25. ACTIVE INGREDIENT (a) In the case of a pesticide other than a plant regulator, defoliant or
desiccant, an ingredient which will prevent, destroy, repel, or mitigate insects, fungi,
rodents, weeds, or other pests; (b) In the case of a plant regulator, an ingredient which,
through physiological action, will accelerate or. ret lrd the rate of maturation or otherwise
alter the behavior of ornamental or crop plants or their produce; (c) In the case of a
defoliant, an ingredient which will cause leaves or foliage to drop from a plant; (d) In the
case of a desiccant, an ingredient whi~h will artificially accelerate the drying of plant tissue.
(ECL § 33-0101(1» 2 1
26. ACTIVE LIFE (1.) In reference to a hazardous waste management facility, the active life of a
facility means the period of time starting from the initial receipt of hazardous waste at the
facility until the commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation receives
certification of final closure. (6-1A NYCRR § 370.2(4)); (II.) In reference to a solid waste
management facility, that period of time during which solid waste is or will be routinely and
regularly received. (6-1A NYCRR § 360-1.2(3))
27. ACTIVE PORTION That portion of a solid waste management facility where treatment,
storage, or disposal operations are being or have been conducted and which is not an
inactive or closed portion. (6-1A NYCRR § 360-1.2(4))
28. Actual Fraud: A concealment or false representation through a statement or conduct that
injures another who relies on it in acting.
29. ACTUARIAL - This role involves usage of statistics in order to inform a case
32. ACUTE CRIMINAL - Refers to a person who violates criminal law because of the impulse of
the moment, fit of passion or anger or spell of extreme jealousy.
33. ACUTE HAZARDOUS WASTE See Waste, Acute Hazardous.
35. ADJUDICATION
37. adjunct
39. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Body of law created by administrative agencies in the form of rules,
regulations, orders and decisions. An example of administrative law is the New York Codes,
Rules and Regulations.
40. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE (AU) The hearing officer duly designated by the commissioner
as his/her representative for the purpose of conducting a hearing and making a report based
on the record. (6-1A NYCRR § 375.2(b))
41. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING A hearing that takes place outside of a court of law but
within the agency of authority, and presided over by an administrative law judge in a court
of law.
42. ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDY A legal remedy that is sought by placing ones grievance before
the administrating agency, prior to the case being taken into court.
48. ADULTERY- adultery is committed by any married woman who shall have sexual intercourse
with a man not her husband and by the man who has carnal knowledge of her, knowing her
to be married, even if the marriage be subsequently declared void.
49. ADULTERY- adultery is committed by any married woman who shall have sexual
intercourse with a man not her husband and by the man who has carnal knowledge of her,
knowing her to be married, even if the marriage be subsequently declared void.
50. ADVISORY - A psychologist may advise police about how to proceed with the investigation.
51. AFFIDAVIT
52. AFIS – Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) is a biometric identification (ID)
methodology that uses digital imaging technology to obtain, store, and analyze fingerprint
data.
53. AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT - A social movement that arose during the 18th century on that
built upon ideas like empiricism, rationality, free will, humanism and natural law.
54. AGENT Any director, officer or. employee of a corporation, or any other person who is
authorized to act in behalf of the corporation. (See also high managerial agent) (Penal Law,
Sect. 20.20)
55. Aggravated Assault: Criminal assault accompanied by circumstances that make it more
severe, such as the use of a deadly weapon, the intent to commit another crime, or the
intent to cause serious bodily harm.
56. AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES- are those which, if attendant in the commission of the
crime, serve to increase the penalty without, however, exceeding the maximum of the
penalty provided by law for the offense.
60. AGREEMENT STATE Under Section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 195~, and through
agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, any state that assumes responsibility
for regulating and licensing the possession, use and disposal of certain radioactive materials
including low level radioactive waste resulting from such use.
61. AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY Any plant or part thereof, or animal, or animal product,
produced by a person (including farmers, ranchers, vineyardists, plant propagators,
Christmas tree growers, aquaculturists, floriculturists, orchardists, foresters or other
comparable persons) primarily for the sale, consumption, propagation or other use by man
or animals. (ECL § 33-0101(5))
62. agronomy
63. AIR CLEANING INSTALLATION Any method, process or equipment which removes, reduces or
renders le5s noxious air contaminants discharged into the atmosphere. (ECl § 19-0301(6)) .
64. AIR CONTAMINANT An air contaminant is defined as "a dust, fume, gas, mist, odor, smoke,
pollen, noise or any combination thereof." This definition is extremely broad and can cover
anything from smokestack emissions to rock concerts. Incineration of wastes is also dealt
with in this section. The residue from improper burning of hazardous wastes and medical
waste can also result in air contaminants. (ECL § 19-0107)
65. AIR CONTAMINATION SOURCE Any source from which there is emitted into the atmosphere
any air contaminant, regardless of who the person is who owns or operates the building,
premises or other property on which such source is located or the facility, equipment or
other property by which the emission is caused or from which the emission comes. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, this term includes all types of commercial and
industrial plants and stations, shops and stores; buildings and other structures of all types,
including single and multiple family residences, apartment houses, office buildings, public
buildings, hotels, restaurants, schools, hospitals, churches, and other institutional buildings;
automobiles, trucks, tractors, buses and other motor vehicles (hereinafter called "motor
vehicles"); garages; vending and service locations and stations; railroad locomotives; ships,
boats and other waterborne craft; aircraft; portable fuel-burning equipment; incinerators of
all types, indoor and outdoor; and refuse dumps and piles. (ECl § 19-0301(5))
66. AIR CONTAMINATION The presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more air
contaminants which contribute or which are likely to contribute to a condition of air
pollution. (ECL § 19-0301(4)) .
67. AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ACT EeL Article 19; The intent of this article is to safeguard the air
resources of the state from pollution by : (1) controlling or abating air pollution which shall
exist when this article shall be enacted; and (2) preventing new air pollution under a
program which shall be consistent ''with the provisions of this article including, but not
limited to: (a) conducting studies or causing studies to be conducted and research with
respect to air pollution control, abatement or prevention; (b) determine by means of field
studies and sampling the degree of air pollution in New York State; (c) provide advisory
technical consultation services to local communities, etc. (EeL § 19-0105)
69. AIR POLLUTION The presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more contaminants in
quantities, of characteristics, and of a duration which are, or may be, injurious to human,
plant, or animal life or to property or which unreasonably interferes with the comfortable
enjoyment of life and property. (6-1A NYCRR § 200.1) 4
72. ALI TEST - Excuses a defendant who, because of a mental disease or defect, lacks substantial
capacity to appreciate the criminality (wrongfulness) of his conduct or to conform his
conduct to the requirements of law (Model Penal Code Sec. 4.01)..
73. alibi
74. Alienist – This term is applied to a specialist in the study of mental disorders.
75. ALLEGIANCE- is meant the obligation of fidelity and obedience which the individuals owe to
the government under which they live or to their sovereign, in return for the protection they
receive.
76. ALLEGIANCE- is meant the obligation of fidelity and obedience which the individuals
owe to the government under which they live or to their sovereign, in return for the
protection they receive.
77. alter ego
78. ALTERNATIVE CIRCUMSTANCES- aggravating or mitigating according to the nature and effect
of the crime and other conditions attending its commission.
82. AMNESTY - Refers to an act of justice by which the supreme power in a state restores those
who may have been guilty of any offense against it to the position of innocent persons.
86. anomie
87. ANTECEDENT CIRCUMTANCES – facts existing before the commission of the crime [i.e.
hatred, bad moral character of the offender, previous plan, conspiracy, etc.]
88. ANTECEDENT CIRCUMTANCES – facts existing before the commission of the crime
[i.e. hatred, bad moral character of the offender, previous plan, conspiracy, etc.]
89. anthropological
91. anthropologist
92. anthropology
95. Anti-Halation Backing - is the one designed to hold back the light and prevents halation.
96. antiscience
99. APPEAL
100. APPEAL A request by either the defense or the prosecution that a case be removed
from a lower court to a higher court in order for a completed trial to be reviewed by the
higher court. When a judgment is appealed, the court in which it is first given cannot be a
party to the review process. Appeals may be either on the record or de novo. In the latter
instance, matters of fact as well as law may be reviewed.
101. APPEAL- a request to a higher (appellate) court for that court to review and change
the decision of a lower court
102. APPEAL- a request to a higher (appellate) court for that court to review and
change the decision of a lower court
103. Appeal:A request to a higher (appellate) court for that court to review and change
the decision of a lower court.
104. APPEARANCE The act of coming into a court and submitting to the authority of that
court.
112. archaeology
113. archeology
117. ARRAIGNMENT
120. ARRAIGNMENT The appearance of a person before the court in order that the court
may be informed of the accusation(s) against him/her and the person may enter a plea. The
meaning of arraignment varies widely among jurisdictions. An arraignment may extend over
several appearances and in some cases may include a reading of the formal charges, advising
the defendant of his/her rights, appointing counsel, entering a plea and other actions. 8
121. Arrest – The legal taking of a person into a custody in order that he may be bound to
answer for the commission of an offense.
122. ARREST- A restraint on person, depriving one of his own will and liberty, binding him
to become obedient to the will of the law OR The taking of a person in custody in order that
he may be bound to answer for the commission of an offense.
123. ARREST- A restraint on person, depriving one of his own will and liberty,
binding him to become obedient to the will of the law
124. ARREST Taking a person into custody. by actual or physical restraint by authority of
law, for the purpose of charging him/her with a criminal offense terminating with the
recording of a specific offense. An arrest does not include those events commonly described
as "field interviews," "field interrogations," or "temporary detentions" in any location,
whether or not the officer considers the person under arrest during some part of the
episode.
125. ARREST- The taking of a person in custody in order that he may be bound to
answer for the commission of an offense.
126. Arrest Warrant – An order in writing issued in the name of the Philippines
commanding or directing a peace officer to arrest the
127. ARSENIC Is an element used in the manufacture of various chemicals, and can cause
brain and nervous system damage, as well as cancer of the lungs and skin. ASH, COMBINED
The mixture of bottom ash and fly ash. (6-1A NYCRR § 360-1.2(25))
128. ARSON - the act or crime of willfully, wrongfully, and unjustifiably setting property
on fire OR setting fire to a building, cars or property on purpose
130. Artificial Light = otherwise known as man-made light e.g. fluorescent bulb,
incandescent bulb and photoflood lamp.
131. ASA (American Standards Association) - this is expressed in arithmetic value system.
The bigger the number the more sensitive the film is.
132. ASH RESIDUE All the solid residue and any entrained liquids resulting from the
combustion of solid waste in combination with fossil fuel at a solid waste incinerator,
including bottom ash, boiler ash, fly ash, and the solid residue of any air pollution device
used at a solid waste incinerator. (6-1A NYCRR §.360-1.2) ASSIGNED COUNSEL (see Counsel,
Assigned)
133. assassin
134. assassinate
135. assassination
137. ASSAULT - attacking someone physically. OR a threat or use of force on another that
causes that person to have a reasonable apprehension of imminent harmful or offensive
contact; the act of putting another person in reasonable fear or apprehension of an
immediate battery by means of an act amounting to an attempt or threat to commit a
battery.
138. ASSAULT- a threat or use of force on another that causes that person to have a
reasonable apprehension of imminent harmful or offensive contact; the act of putting
another person in reasonable fear or apprehension of an immediate battery by means of an
act amounting to an attempt or threat to commit a battery.
139. Assault and Battery: Assault in conjunction with actual battery.
140. Assault With A Deadly Weapon: An aggravated assault in which the defendant,
controlling a deadly weapon, threatens the victim with death or serious bodily injury.
141. Assault With Intent: Any of several assaults that are carried out with an additional
criminal purpose in mind, such as assault with intent to murder, assault with intent to rob,
assault with intent to rape, and assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury.
142. Assault:The threat or use of force on another that causes that person to have a
reasonable apprehension of imminent harmful or offensive contact; the act of putting
another person in reasonable fear or apprehension of an immediate battery by means of an
act amounting to an attempt or threat to commit a battery.
145. ASTHENIC TYPE - This person is skinny, with ribs easily counted and slender body
type. This type usually commits crime known as petty theft and fraud.
146. Astigmatism - is a form of lens defects in which the horizontal and vertical axis are
not equally magnified. Inability of the lens to focus both horizontal and vertical lines
147. astrophysics
148. atavism
150. ATHLETIC TYPE - This person has broad shoulders, powerful legs and muscular body
type. This type usually commits violent crimes.
151. atmology
152. ATOM The smallest part of an element that contains all the chemical properties of
that element and which cannot be divided or broken up by chemical means. An atom
consists of a central core (nucleus) which is made up of protons and neutrons, and electrons
which orbit the nucleus.
153. ATTEMPT. An act that is more than the planning of a crime, and due to its nature, is
a substantial element of finally committing the crime. An attempt is a separate and distinct
offense in and of itself. –
155. ATTEMPTED FELONY- when the offender commences the commission of a felony
directly by overt acts, and does not perform all the acts of execution which should produce
the felony by reason of some cause or accident other than his own spontaneous desistance.
167. Avenge
168. bachelor
169. BACKFILL Any material placed around waste containers and/or casks after they have
been deposited in a disposal containment area in order to increase the long-term stability of
the site. Backfill often consists of sand or grout but may consist of other such materials as
well.
170. BAIL - OIs the security required by the court and given by the accused to ensure that
the accused appears before the proper court at the scheduled time and place to answer the
charges brought against him or her OR The security given for the release of a person in
custody of the law, furnished by him or a bondsman, to guarantee his appearance before
any court as required under the conditions of law.
171. BAIL - The security given for the release of a person in custody of the law,
furnished by him or a bondsman, to guarantee his appearance before any court as required
under the conditions of law.
172. bandit
173. BANISHMENT - This was imposed by God to evil rebels lead by lucifer by throwing
them out of the heaven. It is the first penalty ever imposed.
174. Bank Fraud: The criminal offense of knowingly executing, or attempting to execute, a
scheme or artifice to defraud a financial institution, or to obtain property owned by or under
the control of a financial institution, by means of false or fraudulent pretenses,
representation, or promises.
176. barratry
179. BASELINE PARAMETERS The list of standard chemical species or other samples listed
in the Water Quality Analysis Table in section 360-2.11(c)(6) of this part. (6-1A NYCRR § 360-
1.2(15» BEDROCK Cemented or consolidated earth materials exposed on the earth's surface
or underlying unconsolidated earth materials, including decomposed and weathered rock
and saprolite. (6-1A NYCRR § 360-1.2(16); 6-1A NYCRR, § 370.2(15»
184. BEHAVIOR SYSTEM IN CRIME - Progress in the explanation of disease is being made
personally by the studies of specific diseases.
186. BEHAVIORAL OUTCOME - This phase describes the victim’s adjustment to the
victimization experience.
190. BENEFICIAL USE PETITION The generator or potential user of a byproduct or waste
may petition the Department of Environmental Conservation in writing for a determination
of beneficial use. The beneficial use petition describes the proposed method of application
or use of the byproduct waste; provides chemical and physical characterizations of the
byproduct or waste and of each intended finished product; demonstrates that there is a
known or potential market for the intended use of the byproduct or waste; and
demonstrates that the intended use will not adversely affect the public health and safety,
and the environment. Requests for beneficial use of ash residue from solid waste
incinerators must comply with the requirements of section 360-5(h) of this Part. (6-1A
NYCRR § 360-1.2(3» 10 j
194. BETA PARTICLE An electron or positron emitted at high velocity from the nucleus of
an atom which is undergoing radioactive decay. A beta particle can travel a short distance in
air but has low penetration ability (a thin sheet of metal or plastic can block penetration).
However, large amounts of beta radiation can cause skin burns, and beta emitters can cause
damage if taken into the body.
195. BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT A term used to describe the burden placed on the
prosecution, a burden that must be overcome to find the defendant guilty. A level of proof
that must be met.
197. BIENNIAL REPORTING A requirement of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Subtitle C. Generators who transport hazardous waste otT-site must submit a biennial report
to the Regional Administrator by March 1 of each even-numbered year. The report details
the generator's activities during the previous calendar year including: (1) the federal EPA
identification number and name of each transporter used throughout the year; (2) EPA
identification number, name, and address of each off-site treatment, storage, or disposal
facility to which waste was sent during the year; (3) Quantities and nature of the hazardous
11 waste generated. Hazardo,us and Solid Waste Amendments expanded the scope of the
biennial report to include a description of: (1) Efforts taken to reduce the volume and
toxicity of the wastes generated and (2) Changes in volume or toxicity that were actually
achieved, as compared with those achieved in previous years. Generators who treat, store
or dispose of their hazardous waste on-site also must submit a biennial report that contains
a description of the type and quantity of hazardous waste the facility handled during the
year, and the method(s) of treatment, storage, and/or disposal used.
198. BIGAMY- any person who shall contract a second or subsequent marriage before the
former marriage has been legally dissolved, or before the former marriage has been legally
dissolved, or before the absent spouse has been declared presumptively dead by means of a
judgment rendered in the proper proceedings OR marrying someone when you are already
married to another person.
199. BIGAMY- any person who shall contract a second or subsequent marriage before
the former marriage has been legally dissolved, or before the former marriage has been
legally dissolved, or before the absent spouse has been declared presumptively dead by
means of a judgment rendered in the proper proceedings.
200. BILIBID PRISON - Served as national penitentiary up to November 1943, when
transferred to Muntinlupa to exchange of property between the government of the city of
manila and the bureau of prison.
202. biochemistry
203. BIODEGRADABLE Substances that are capable of being broken down by the action of
living things.
204. bioethicist
205. bioethics
206. biological
211. BIOLOGICALS Preparations, made from living organisms and their products, including
vaccines, cultures, etc., intended for use in diagnosing, immunizing or treating humans or
animals or in research pertaining thereto. (6-1A NYCRR § 364.9)
212. biology
213. biomathematics
214. biometeorology
218. biophysics
219. BIOREMEDIATION A method of hazardous waste removal and cleanup through the
intentional placement of bacteria and other microbial forms of life like fungi which feed on
these wastes, at the site.
220. BIO-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR - A person’s biological heritage plus his environment and
social heritage influence his social activity.
223. biostatistics
224. BIRD HAZARD An increase in the likelihood of bird/aircraft collisions that may cause
damage to aircraft or injury to its occupants. This is attributable to the solid waste
management facility attracting birds. (6-1A NYCRR § 360-1.2(17» 12 BLOOD PRODUCTS
Means any product derived from human blood, including but not limited to blood plasma,
platelets, red or white blood corpuscles, and other derived licensed products,such as
interferon. (6-1A NYCRR § 364.9(2».
225. Black and White Film = usually represented by a prefix or a suffix “Pan” or “Ortho”
and generally used in black and white photography. Examples are Ortholith film, Tri X-Pan
and Pan X-plus.
226. BLACKMAIL - threatening to reveal someone’s secrets if a lot of money is not paid.
227. blendon
229. Blue – Sensitive film - sensitive to U.V. light and Blue Color.
230. BLUE COLLAR CRIME - Any crime committed by an individual from lower social class
OR are those committed by ordinary professional to maintain their livelihood.
232. BODILY INJURY to the body, sickness or disease, induding death resulting from any
of these. (6-1A NYCRR § 370.2(16» BODY FLUIDS Liquid emanating or derived from humans
and limited to blood cerebrospinal, synovial, pleural, peritoneal and pericardial fluids, and
semen and vaginal secretions. (6-1A NYCRR § 364.9(2)).
233. BOILER An enclosed device using controlled flame combustion and having the
following characteristics:
234. BOMBING - detonating an explosive device with the plan of harming people or
property.
236. botany
237. BOTTOM ASH The ash residue remaining after combustion of solid waste or solid
wa~te in combination with fossil fuel in a solid waste incinerator that is discharged through
and from the grates, combustor, or stoker. (6-1A NYCRR § 360-1.2(18» BRC (below
regulatory concern) As related to radioactive waste disposal, radiation exposures that are
considered too small to not require regulation as a radiation hazard as determined by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
238. brandeis
239. BRANDING - The offender was scarred with a hot iron on the flesh part of the hand
or on the check.
241. BRIBERY - giving money or granting favors to influence another person’s decisions or
behavior.OR The corrupt payment, receipt, or solicitation of a private favor for official
action.
242. BRIBERY- The corrupt payment, receipt, or solicitation of a private favor for
official action.
243. Bribery:The corrupt payment, receipt, or solicitation of a private favor for official
action.
245. BRIGANDAGE- is a crime committed by more than three armed persons who
form a band of robbers for the purpose of committing robbery in the highway or
kidnapping persons for the purpose of extortion or to obtain ransom, or for any other
purpose to be attained by means of force and violence.
246. Bright Sunlight - object in an open space casts a deep and uniform shadow and the
object appears glossy.
250. BUFFER ZONE All that area outside and surrounding the underground gas storage
reservoir, no part of which shall be more than thirty-five hundred linear feet from the
boundary thereof. (ECL § 23-0101(1))
252. BURDEN OF EVIDENCE – the duty of a party of going forward with evidence.
253. BURDEN OF EVIDENCE – the duty of a party of going forward with evidence.
254. BURDEN OF PROOF – the duty of the affirmative to prove that which it alleges.
255. BURDEN OF PROOF Is the test that must be met by the prosecutor in order to show
the validity of the case at bar. BUSINESS REGISTRATION The requirement of each person or
business providing services of commercial application of pesticides, either entirely or as part
of the business, to register with the Department of Environmental Conservation. (ECL § 33-
0101(9))
256. BURDEN OF PROOF- the duty of a party to present evidence on the facts in issue
necessary to establish his claim or defense by the amount of evidence required by law.OR
the duty of the affirmative to prove that which it alleges.
257. BURDEN OF PROOF– the duty of a party to present evidence on the facts in
issue necessary to establish his claim or defense by the amount of evidence required by
law.
258. burglar
259. burglary
261. burke
262. Burning-In = refers to additional exposure on a desired portion of the negative used
for purposes of making a balance exposure.
263. butchery
264. BYPRODUCT A byproduct is a material that is not one of the primary products of a
production process and is not solely or separately produced by the production process.
Examples include a co-product that is produced for the general public's use and is ordinarily
used in the same form as produced by the process. (6-1A NYCRR § 370.2(c)(2)) C & D SITE
Construction and demolition debris site. (See Construction and Demolition Debris for more
information.)
267. Camera - a light tight box designed to block unwanted or unnecessary light from
reaching the sensitized material.
268. CAP OR COVER The covering, usually layered and composed of geological materials
such as clay, sand, and gravel, which is placed over the disposal unit of a facility so that
weathering is avoided by encouraging good drainage and preventing erosion prevention.
269. CARBON TETRACHLORIDE A liquid used primarily in dry cleaning and in processes
involving de-greasing. Can cause liver and kidney damage as well as cancer.
270. CARCINOGEN A subst,ance or agent producing or inciting cancer. 14 CASE LAW The
body of prior decisions relating to a particular topic, relevant 10 determining how the courts
have decided similar cases concerning the same issues.
271. CARPETA-It refers to the institutional record of an inmate which consists of his
mittimus, commitment order, the prosecutor’s information and the decision of the trial
court, including the appellate court.
275. catecholamine
276. CATHODIC PROTECTION Corrosion protection for a metal tank or pipe caused by a
continuous electrical current flowing from one or more electrodes or a sacrificial anode to
the protected structure. (6-1A NYCRR § 360-1.2)
278. CAUSE OF ACTION The reason or cause a party has for suing another, so that relief
may be granted. CAUSE OF ACTION, BAD FAITH A suit brought because the other party
exhibited an unreasonable and reckless disregard for the rights of the one suing. CCH An
abbreviation for "computerized criminal history." A computerized criminal history record of
information concerning an identified offender or alleged offender contained in an
automated file. A computerized criminal history does not include fingerprints, but entry of
information into the automated file is contingent upon fingerprint verification of identity.
280. CAUSE The preceding event that made the event in question occur. There are
several types of "causes" such as a Direct cause which is the main event that set into motion
a series of other uninterrupted events leading to the event in question. There is also the
Immediate cause which is an event that occurred just prior to and caused the event in
question and the Intervening cause which is an event that occurs after the direct cause, and
the event in question, and causes further damage to be done. In law, one is liable for those
events that were directly caused by his or her negligence.
281. CAUSE, ACCIDENTAL Is a cause that could not have been foreseen or prevented.
CAUSE, DIRECT Is the immediate cause of the injury.
282. CEASE AND DESIST ORDER An injunction or order from the court requiring a party to
stop the activity and refrain from continuing the activity.
284. Cesare Beccaria – In his book “An Essay Of Crimes And Punishment”
London 1767, advocated and applied the doctrine of penology that is to make
punishment less arbitrary and severe than it had been; That all persons who
violated a specific law should receive identical punishment regardless of age,
sanity, wealth, position or circumstances.
287. chaperone
293. Charles Goring – An English statistician who studies the case histories of
2000 convicts. He found that heredity is more influential as a determiner of
criminal behavior than environment.
294. chemerinsky
296. Chemical Process - is the process necessary for reducing silver halides into a form so
as a latent image and a positive image be made resulting to what we called Photograph. OR
The process of making the latent image visible and permanent.
297. CHILD ABUSE - treating a child badly in a physical, emotional, or sexual way.
300. Child Molestation: Any indecent or sexual activity on, involving, or surrounding a
child, usually under the age of 14.
301. Child Pornography: Any visual depiction of actual or simulated sexual conduct by an
individual under the age of 18 or lascivious exhibition of the pubic area of such an individual.
Courts have held that such material may be banned even if it is not legally obscene and does
not involve nudity.
302. Child Procurement: The act of arranging or instigating a meeting with a child for the
purpose of having sexual relations.
304. Chromatic Aberration - Inability of the lens to focus light of varying wavelength. The
lens refracts rays of short wavelength more strongly than those of longer wavelength and
therefore bringing blue rays to a shorter focus than the red.
305. CHRONIC CRIMINAL - Person who acted in consonance with deliberate thinking.
306. cide
307. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE - the proof of fact or facts from which, taken
either singly or collectively, the existence of a particular fact in dispute may be inferred as
necessary or probable consequence.
308. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE – the proof of fact or facts from which, taken either
singly or collectively, the existence of a particular fact in dispute may be inferred as
necessary or probable consequence.
311. claremont
312. classical liberalism
314. climatology
315. Close-up View - Is the taking of individual photograph of the evidence at the scene
of the crime. It is design to show the details of the crime.
316. coauthor
321. COHABIT- the term cohabit means to dwell together, in the manner of husband and
wife, for some period of time, as distinguished from occasional, transient interviews for
unlawful intercourse.
322. COHABIT- the term cohabit means to dwell together, in the manner of husband
and wife, for some period of time, as distinguished from occasional, transient interviews
for unlawful intercourse.
323. Colajani – A criminologist, describes the direct and indirect deficiency of
the means to satisfy the numerous necessities of man is sufficient stimulus for
him to adopt honest or criminal methods in the struggle that ensues. “To this
man delinquency is strongly influenced by socio economic”.
324. cole
325. COLLATER MATTERS – matters other than the fact in issue and which are offered as a
basis for inference as to the existence or non-existence of the facts in issue.
326. COLLATER MATTERS – matters other than the fact in issue and which are
offered as a basis for inference as to the existence or non-existence of the facts in issue.
327. collateral
328. college
329. Colored Film - can be divided into two: The Negative type and the reversal type of
colored film. The former is usually having names ending in color while the word chrome
represents the latter.
330. Coma - (Also known as lateral aberration) = Inability of the lens to focus light that
travels straight or lateral, thus making it blurred while the light reaching the lens oblique is
the one the is transmitted sharp.
339. COMPLEX CRIMES- when a single act constitutes two or more grave or less,
grave felonies, or when an offense is a necessary means for committing the other, the
penalty for the most serious crime shall be imposed.
340. COMPOUND QUESTION -a question which calls for a single answer to more than one
question.
341. COMPOUND QUESTION –a question which calls for a single answer to more
than one question.
342. concentric ring model
344. CONCLUSIONARY QUESTION – a question which asks for an opinion which the
witness is not qualified or permitted to answer.
359. conflagration
361. CONFORMITY - It involves the acceptance of the cultural goals and means of
attaining those goals.
362. conspiracy
363. CONSPIRACY- conspiracy exists when two or more persons come to an agreement
concerning the commission of a felony and decide to commit it.
366. CONSUMMATED FELONY- a felony is consummated when all the elements necessary
for its execution and accomplishment are present.
369. CONTINUED CRIME- a continued crime is a single crime, consisting of a series of acts
but all arising from one criminal resolution.
374. CONVENTIONAL LEVEL - This stage reach at the end of middle childhood.
375. Converging Lens - Characterized by the fact that it is thicker at the center and
thinner at the side which is capable of bending the light together and forms the image
inversely.
376. convict
377. CONVICTION
378. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT - It was retained as a punishment for a lot longer that
either identified with a corporation or other business entity.
382. Corpuscular theory (Newton) - this later opposed the wave theory stating that light
has its effect by the motion of very small particles such as electrons.
388. COUNT
392. coursework
394. Cream - preferred for pictorial effect, portraits, landscape or when warmth effect is
desired.
395. Credit Card Fraud: Examples of Credit Card Fraud include: Illegal counterfeiting of
credit cards, the use of lost or stolen credit cards, and obtaining credit cards fraudulently
through the mail.
396. Cretinism – A disease associated with pre-natal thyroid deficiency and
subsequent thyroid inactivity, marked by physical deformities, arrested
development, goiter and various forms of mental retardation including imbecility.
397. CRIME – doing something illegal that can be punished by law. OR crime is defined as
an act committed or omitted in violation of public law forbidding or commanding it. OR the
duty of the affirmative to prove that which it alleges.
398. CRIME BY IMITATION - Those committed the pattern of which is merely duplication
of what was done by others.
399. CRIME BY PASSION - Those committed because of fit of passion, anger, jealousy and
hatred.
400. CRIME CONTROL - Is the primary concern of the police, as the saying goes control
before the act escalates into a serious proportion.
403. CRIME OF THE UNDER WORLD - Those committed by members of the lower or under
privileged class of society.
404. CRIME OF THE UPPER WORLD - Those committed by the member of upper strata of
the society.
406. CRIME PREVENTION - It is the basic police function or technique of determining the
desire of the people to commit crime.
407. Crime Prevention - with the use of video camera (hidden camera) and other
advanced photographic equipment crimes are being detected more easily and even to the
extent of preventing them from initially occurring.
410. Crime Scene – A venue or place where the alleged crime/incident/event has been
committed. OR The geographical area where the crime was committed.
411. Crime Scene Sketch - A simple diagram that creates a mental pictures of the scene
to those who are not present.
412. Crime Statistics – A reported instance of a crime recorded in a systematic
classification.
413. CRIME VICTIM - It is generally refers to any person, group, or entity who has suffered
injury or loss due to illegal activity.
415. Criminal – A person who is convicted by final judgment. OR who is found guilty by
final judgment
421. CRIMINAL ETIOLOGY - Analysis of the causes of crime. OR study of the cause or the
origin of crime.
422. Criminal Fraud: The willful evasion of taxes accomplished by filing a fraudulent tax
return.
423. Criminal Homicide: Homicide prohibited and punishable by law, such as murder or
manslaughter.
424. Criminal Investigation – The collection of facts in order to accomplish the three-fold
aims – to identify the guilty party, to locate the guilty party and to provide evidence of his
(suspect) guilt.
430. CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM - It is the various agencies of justice especially the police,
courts, and correction.
433. CRIMINAL LAW - It is the branch or division of law which defines crime, threats of
their nature and provides for their punishment. OR is that branch or division of law which
defines crimes, treats of their nature, and provides for their punishment.
434. Criminal Law – One that defines crimes treats of their nature and provides for their
punishment.
435. CRIMINAL LAW- is that branch or division of law which defines crimes, treats
of their nature, and provides for their punishment.
436. criminal negligence
443. Criminal psychology - study of human behavior in relation to criminality. OR- The
study of the wills, thoughts, intentions and reactions of criminals and all that partakes in the
criminal behavior.
447. criminalistics
448. CRIMINALISTICS - Is the application of various sciences top answer questions relating
to examination and comparison of biological evidence. OR It is the study of the criminal
things, or the sum total of the application of all sciences in crime detection.
449. criminality
451. Criminality In The Home – One of the most obvious elements in the
delinquency of some children is the criminalistic behavior of other members of the
child's family.
452. criminalize
453. criminally
455. Criminogenic Process – The process which explain human behavior, the
experiences which help determine the nature or a persons as a reacting
mechanism, the factors or experiences in connection thereto impinge differentially
upon different personalities producing conflict which is the aspect of crime.
457. criminological
458. Criminological research ---- study if crime correlated to with antecedent variable,
state of the crime trend.
460. criminologist
461. CRIMINOLOGIST - Any person who is graduated with the degree of criminology, who
passed the examination for criminologists and is registered as such by the board of
examiners of the professional regulation commission.
462. criminologists
463. CRIMINOLOGY - Is the study of criminal people and encompasses the study of law
making, law breaking and societal reactions to law breaking. OR Written by Max and Engels,
that emphasize the economic determinism
465. CROSS EXAMINATION – the examination by the adverse party of the witness as to
any matter stated in the direct examination, or connected therewith, with sufficient fullness
and freedom from interest or bias, or the reverse, and to elicit all important facts bearing
upon the issue.
466. CROSS EXAMINATION – the examination by the adverse party of the witness
as to any matter stated in the direct examination, or connected therewith, with sufficient
fullness and freedom from interest or bias, or the reverse, and to elicit all important facts
bearing upon the issue.
467. CRUELTY- deliberate intention to prolong physical suffering of the victim.
470. Cultivation: The growing of organic drugs or their precursors, e.g. marijuana, coca,
opium poppies, etc.
473. CUMULATIVE EVIDENCE – additional evidence of the same kind bearing on the same
point.
476. CUMULATIVE QUESTION – a question which has already been asked and
answered.
477. Curvature of Field - the relation of the images of the different point are incorrect
with respect to one another.
478. cybercrime
479. CYBERCRIME - doing something illegal over the Internet or a computer system.
482. Cybersquatting: The act of reserving a domain name on the Internet, especially a
name that would be associated with a company’s trademark, and then seeking to profit by
selling or licensing the name to the company that has an interest in being identified with it.
484. Cybertheft: The act of using an online computer service, such as one on the Internet,
to steal someone else’s property or to interfere with someone else’s use and enjoyment of
property.
485. Date Rape: Rape committed by someone known to the victim, especially by the
victim’s social companion.
486. decapitation
488. DEFENDANT
489. defense
495. delinquency
496. DELINQUENT - A person who committed an act that is not I conformity with the
norms of society.
497. Delusion – In medical jurisprudence, a false belief about the self caused by
morbidity, present in paranoia and dementia praecox.
498. DEMARCATION - Refers to policies and practices that aim to reduce the numbers of
offenders in prison by providing alternative measures for dealing with them in the
community. Theoretically, the debate about decarceration was at its height in the 1960s and
1970s and included reduction in the use of other institutions, most notably psychiatric
hospitals. With the dramatic increase in the prison population in the 1990s, the term and the
debate has largely fallen into disuse
499. DEMEANOR EVIDENCE - the behavior of a witness on the witness stand during trial
to be considered by the judge on the issue of credibility.
502. democide
503. demography
504. DEMONSTRATIVE EVIDENCE - evidence that has tangible and exemplifying purpose.
507. detective
508. DETENTION - Detention prisoner shall be locked up as many necessary to secure his
safety and prevent his escape.
509. DETERRENCE - The idea that crime can be reduced if people fear the punishment
they may receive if they offend.
511. deviance
513. dichotomy
514. dietetics
515. differential association
516. DIRECT EVIDENCE - proves the fact in issue without aid of inference or
presumptions.
517. DIRECT EVIDENCE – proves the fact in issue without aid of inference or
presumptions.
518. DIRECT EXAMINATION - the examination in chief of a witness by the party
presenting him on the facts relevant to the issue.
521. DISCRETION - Simply refers to the wise use of one’s judgement, personal experience
and common sense to decide a Particular situation.
523. DISMISSAL
524. DISPOSITION
529. DOCKET
531. doctoral
532. doctorate
533. doctorial
540. dphil
541. Dr. Cesare Lombroso – Advocated the positivist theory that crime is
essentially a social phenomenon and it can not be treated and checked by the
imposition of punishment.
542. Drug Crimes:The definitions below encompass both drugs and drug paraphernalia.
543. DRUNK DRIVING - driving with too much alcohol in your blood.
544. DUEL - it is a formal or regular combat previously concerted between two parties in
the presence of two or more seconds of lawful age on each side, who make the selection of
arms and fix all the other conditions of the fight.
545. DUEL- it is a formal or regular combat previously concerted between two parties
in the presence of two or more seconds of lawful age on each side, who make the
selection of arms and fix all the other conditions of the fight.
546. duress
547. DWELLING- means any building or structure exclusively devoted for rest and
comfort as distinguished from places devoted to business, offices, etc..,
548. DYING DECLARATION - The declaration of a dying person, made under the
consciousness of an impending death,
549. DYING DECLARATION. - The declaration of a dying person, made under the
consciousness of an impending death,
550. EAR PRINT ANALYSIS - Is used as a means of Forensic identification intended as an
identification tool similar to Fingerprinting.
551. ECLECTIC THEORY APPROACH - This approach views that criminal behavior is at one
instance caused by one or more factors, while in other instances, it is caused by another set
of factors.
552. econometrics
553. ECONOMIC - Relating to economics or the economy. Justified in terms of
profitability.
555. economics
562. egyptology
563. ELDER - The blanket label of the elderly can perpetuate a stereotype that the elderly
population constitutes a homogenous group.
564. ELECTRIC THEORY APPROACH - This approach views that criminal behavior is at one
instant caused by in or more factor, while in other instances, it is caused by another set of
factor.
566. electrocute
568. elements
570. Email Interception: The act of reading, storing, or intercepting email intended for
another person without that person’s permission.
571. EMBEZZLEMENT - stealing large amounts of money that you are responsible for,
often over a period of time.
574. EMPATHY - The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
575. empirical
576. EMPIRICAL RESEARCH - Research based upon the analysis of data rather than
conceptual analysis.
577. ENCUMBRANCE - The term encumbrance includes every right or interest in the land
which exists in favor of third persons.
578. ENCUMBRANCE- the term incumbrance includes every right or interest in the
land which exists in favour of third persons.
579. ENDOMORPHIC - With a soft round body build and a high proportion of fat tissue.
580. ENFORCE
581. enforcement
582. England During The Last Half Of 19th Century – Place and period where
and when the classical school of criminology and of criminal law developed based
on hedonistic psychology.
583. ENGLISH RULE - Such crimes are triable in that country, unless they merely affect
things within the vessel or they refer to the internal management thereof.
584. ENGLISH RULE-such crimes are triable in that country, unless they merely
affect things within the vessel or they refer to the internal management thereof.
585. enigmatology
587. entomology
588. entrapment
589. ENTRAPMENT - A person has planned or is about to commit crime and ways and
means are resorted to by a public officer to trap and catch the criminal; not a defense.
590. ENTRAPMENT- a person has planned or is about to commit crime and ways and
means are resorted to by a public officer to trap and catch the criminal; not a defense.
591. ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMINOLOGY - A form of criminology that focuses on the
complex relationships that exist between crime, space and environment.
593. epidemiologic
594. epidemiology
595. EPISODIC CRIME - Those committed by a series of acts in a lengthy space of time.
596. Episodic Criminal – A non criminal person who commits a crime when
under extreme emotional distress; A person who breaks down and commits a
crime as a single incident during regular course of natural and normal events.
597. EQUITY - Consistency to the Extreme and see it that all offender who commit the
same crime.
603. ERROR OF JUDGEMENT - An error of judgment is one, which the court may
commit in the exercise of its jurisdiction.
604. ERROR OF JURISDICTION - An error of jurisdiction renders an order or
judgment void or void able
605. espionage
606. ESPIONAGE - Systematic use of spies to obtain secrets. OR spying, to obtain political
or military information.
607. ESSAY ON CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS - Is a seminal treatise on legal reform and
widely considered one of the founding texts of Classical Criminology.
608. estoppel
609. ESTOPPEL - A rule of evidence where by a person is barred from dying the truth of a
fact that has already been settled.
610. ESTOPPEL AGAINST TENANT - The tenant is not permitted to deny the title of his
landlord at the time of the commencement of the relation of landlord and tenant between
them.
611. ESTOPPEL AGAINST TENANT – the tenant is not permitted to deny the title of
his landlord at the time of the commencement of the relation of landlord and tenant
between them.
612. ESTOPPEL BY DEED - A bar which precludes a party to a deed and his privies from
asserting as against the other and his privies any right or title in derogation of the deed or
denying the truth of any material fact asserted in it.
613. ESTOPPEL BY DEED– a bar which precludes a party to a deed and his privies
from asserting as against the other and his privies any right or title in derogation of the
deed or denying the truth of any material fact asserted in it
614. ESTOPPEL BY RECORD OR JUDGEMENT - The preclusion to deny the truth of matters
set forth in a record, whether judicial or legislative, and also deny.
619. ethnography
620. ETHNOGRAPHY - The scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and
cultures.
621. ethnology
622. ethnomusicology
623. ETIOLOGY - Refers to the causes, set of causes, or matter of causation of a disease or
condition.
625. Euthanasia – It signifies the release from life given a sufferer from an
incurable and painful disease.
626. EVALUATION - The making of judgement about the amount, number, or value of
something; assessment.
627. EVIDENCE
628. EVIDENCE - Sanctioned by the rules, for ascertainment in a judicial proceeding, the
truth, respecting a matter of fact.
633. examines
635. Excusable Homicide: Homicide resulting from a person’s lawful act, committed
without intention to harm another.
636. excuse
638. execution
640. executioner
641. EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY - It is called clemency because only the president of the
Philippines has power and authority to grant it.
644. EXPENSES - The cost required for something; the money spent on something.
647. EXPERT EVIDENCE - The testimony of one possessing knowledge not usually acquired
by other persons.
648. EXPERT EVIDENCE – the testimony of one possessing knowledge not usually
acquired by other persons.
649. EXPULSION — The penalty of prision correccional shall be imposed upon any
public officer or employee who, not being thereunto authorized by law, shall expel any
person from the Philippine Islands or shall compel such person to change his residence.
650. EXPULSION - The penalty of prison correctional shall be imposed upon any public
officer or employee who, not being thereunto authorized by law, shall expel any person
from the Philippine Islands or shall compel such person to change his residence.
652. Expungement:The legal procedure for sealing a record of an arrest and/or criminal
conviction from public view.
653. EXTINCTIVE CRIME - When the end result of a criminal act is destructive.
655. EXTRA JUDICIAL ADMISSION - are those made out of the court or in judicial
proceeding other than the one under consideration.
656. EXTRAJUDICIAL - Not legally authorized.
657. EXTRAJUDICIAL ADMISSION - those are made out of the court or in judicial
proceeding other than the one under consideration.
659. Extrinsic Fraud: Deception that is collateral to the issues being considered in the
case; intentional misrepresentation or deceptive behavior outside the transaction itself,
depriving one party of informed consent or full participation.
665. FALSE KEYS- are genuine keys stolen from the owner or any keys other than
those intended by the owner for use in the lock forcibly opened by the offender.
666. Family – It is the first agency to affect the direction which a particular
child will take and that no child is so constituted at birth that it must inevitably
become a delinquent or that it must inevitably be law abiding.
667. FAMILY VIOLENCE
669. felon
670. FELONIES- felonies are acts and omissions punishable by the revised penal code.
671. felony
672. felony
673. FELONY
674. Felony Murder: Murder that occurs during the commission of a felony.
675. FENCING- is the act of any person who, with intent to gain for himself or for
another, shall buy, receive, possess, keep, acquire, conceal, sell or dispose of, or shall buy
and sell, or in any other manner deal in any article, item, object or anything of value
which he knows, or should be known to him, to have been derived from the proceeds of
the crime of robbery or theft.
676. Ferri – A sociologists who theorized that it is the impulse of opportunities
more than innate tendency that determine the crime.
677. fiction/fantasy
678. fiction/horror
683. forensic
684. FORENSIC - Comes from the Latin term forensic, meaning "of or before the forum".
685. FORENSIC ACCOUNTING - It is the study and interpretation of accounting evidence.
689. FORENSIC ASTRONOMY - Uses methods from astronomy to determine past celestial
constellation for forensic purposes
690. FORENSIC BOTANY - Is the study of plant life in order to gain information regarding
possible crimes
691. FORENSIC CHEMISTRY - Is the study of detection and identification of illicit drugs,
accelerants used in arson cases explosive and gunshot.
693. FORENSIC DNA ANALYSIS - Takes advantage of the uniqueness of an individual's DNA
to answer forensic question
695. FORENSIC ENGINEERING - Is the scientific examination and analysis structures and
products relating to their failure or cause of damage
696. FORENSIC ENTOMOLOGY - Deals with the examination of insects in, on and around
human remains to assist in determination of time or location of death
697. FORENSIC GEOLOGY - Deals with trace evidence in the form of soils, minerals and
petroleum
698. FORENSIC GEOMORPHOLOGY - Is the study of the ground surface to look for
potential locations of burried objects
700. FORENSIC INTELLIGENCE - Process starts with the collection of data and ends with
the integration of results within into the analysis of crimes under investigation
701. FORENSIC INTERVIEW - Are conducted using the science of professionally using
expertise to conduct a variety of investigative interviews
702. FORENSIC LIMNOLOGY - Is the analysis of evidence collected from crime scenes in or
around fresh-water sources
703. FORENSIC LINGUISTICS - Deals with issues in the legal system that requires linguistic
expertise
705. FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY - Is the study of the uniqueness of dentition better known
as the study of teeth
706. FORENSIC OPTOMETRY - Is the study of glasses and other eyewear relating to crimes
scenes and criminal investigations
708. FORENSIC PATHOLOGY - Is a field in which the principles of medicine and pathology
are applied to determine the cause of death
711. FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY - Is the study of the mind of an individual, using forensic
methods
712. FORENSIC SEISMOLOGY - Is the study of techniques to distinguish the seismic signals
714. FORENSIC SOCIAL WORK - Is the specialist study of social work theories and their
applications to a clinical, criminal justice or psychiatric setting
715. FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY - Is the study of the effect of drugs and poisons on/in the
human body.
717. forensics
719. Forgery:The act of fraudulently making a false document or altering a real one to be
used as if genuine.
721. fratricide
722. fraud
723. FRAUD - getting money from people by cheating them.
726. FRENCH RULE- such crimes are not triable in courts of that country, unless their
commission affects the peace and security of the territory or the safety of the state is
endangered.
727. FRUSTRATED FELONY- when the offender performs all the acts of execution
which would produce the felony as a consequence but which nevertheless, do not produce
it by reason of causes independent of the will of the perpetrator.
728. fugitive
729. functionalism
730. futian
731. gang
733. gangster
737. GENERAL THEORY - one which attempts to explain all (or at least most) forms of
criminal conduct through a single, overarching approach.
738. GENERIC (kind of aggravating circumstances) - those that can generally apply to
all crimes.
739. genetics
740. genocide
741. GENOCIDE - killing on purpose a large number of people, especially from a particular
group or area.
742. geography
746. geosciences
747. germicide
748. gerontology
751. glycoscience
753. gradate
754. graduate
756. GRAVE FELONIES- are those to which the law attaches the capital punishment
or penalties which in any of their periods are afflictive.
757. GRAVE THREATS- any person who shall threaten another with the infliction
upon the person, honor, or property of the latter or of his family of any wrong amounting
to a crime.
758. gresham sykes
760. guilt
761. GUILT- guilt is an element of responsibility, for a man cannot be made to answer
for the consequences of a crime unless he is guilty.
762. guilty
763. GUILTY
764. H. H. Godard – Advocated the theory that feeble-mindedness inherited as
Mendelian unit cause crime for the reason that feeble minded person is unable to
appreciate the consequences of his behavior or appreciate the meaning of the
law.
771. Hate Crimes:A hate crime, generally, refers to a crime committed not out of
animosity toward a victim as an individual, but out of hostility toward the group to which the
victim belongs.
772. Health Care Fraud: Any scheme involving the health care industry that is designed
for illegal financial gain, including: Billing for services not rendered, inflating the cost of the
service provided, the deliberate sale of medically unnecessary services, and the payment of
“kickbacks,” or illegal payments designed to guarantee awarding of a contract or the
exclusive right to provide a service.
773. HEARING
774. HEARSAY
779. Heredity and Environment – Have been believe to share about equally in
determining disposition that is whether a person is cheerful or gloomy, his
temperament and his nervous stability.
780. HEROIN SIGNATURE PROGRAM - a DEA program that identifies the geographic
source area of a heroin sample through the detection of specific chemical characteristics in
the sample peculiar to the source area.
781. heterogeneous
782. HIJACKING - taking control of a plane, train etc by force, often to meet political
demands.
783. HIT AND RUN - not stopping to help a person hurt in an accident caused by you.
784. hitman
785. hobo
786. Home – Considered as the cradle of human personality for in it the child
forms the fundamental attitudes and habits that endure through out his life.
788. homicidal
789. homicide
791. Homicide:The killing of one person by another. This is the generic legal term for
killing a person, whether lawfully or unlawfully. Unlawful homicide comprises the two crimes
of murder and manslaughter.
793. horizontalize
794. hospiticide
795. HOT PURSUIT ARREST – when an offense has just been committed and he has
probable cause to believe based on personal knowledge of facts or circumstances that the
person arrested has committed it.
796. howard s. becker
797. humanities
799. HYPOTHESIS - 1. [a]n explanation that accounts for a set of facts and that can be
tested by further investigation... , 2. something that is taken to be true for the purpose of
argument or investigation.
801. ID - the aspect of the personality from which drives, wishes, urges, and desires
emanate. More formally, the division of the psyche associated with instinctual impulses and
demands for immediate satisfaction of primitive needs.
802. IDENTITY THEFT- using someone else’s personal information for one’s own gain.
803. Identity Theft:Identity Theft primarily involves either “true name” or “account
takeover” fraud. With “true name” someone uses a consumer’s personal information to
open new accounts in his or her name. With “account takeover” someone gains access to a
person’s existing account(s) and makes fraudulent charges. Another form of identity theft
occurs when a criminal provides a victim’s personal information to law enforcement when
the criminal gets arrested. The victim may then have a criminal record or outstanding
warrants attached to their name without even realizing it.
806. illegality
807. illegitimate
809. illicit
810. IMMATERIAL EVIDENCE - is that which is not directed to prove a fact in issue
as determined by the rules of substantive law and of pleadings
811. immunology
815. imprisonment
820. inchoate
821. INCITING TO WAR OR GIVING MOTIVES FOR REPRISALS. — The penalty
of reclusion temporal shall be imposed upon any public officer or employee, and that of
prision mayor upon any private individual, who, by unlawful or unauthorized acts
provokes or gives occasion for a war involving or liable to involve the Philippine Islands
or exposes Filipino citizens to reprisals on their persons or property.
822. incompetent
823. INCOMPETENT EVIDENCE - is one who excluded by law either on grounds of
its immateriality, irrelevancy, and want of credibility or for any other reason.
824. incriminate
825. Indecent Exposure:An offensive display of one’s own body in public, especially of the
genitals.
828. INDIGENT
829. indology
830. inducement
831. infanticide
832. INFANTICIDE- the killing of any child less than three days of age, whether the
killer is the parent or grandparent, any other relative of the child, or a stranger.
833. INFERENTIAL STATISTICS - specify how likely findings are to be true for other
populations, or in other locales.
836. infraction
837. INFRASTRUCTURE - The basic facilities, services, and installations needed for the
functioning of a community or society, such as transportation and communications systems,
water and power lines, and public institutions including schools, post offices, and prisons.
838. INHABITED HOUSE- is any shelter, ship or vessel constituting the dwelling of
one or more persons even though the inhabitants thereof are temporarily.
839. INHERENT (kind of aggravating circumstances) - those that must of necessity
accompany the commission of the crime.
840. inorganic chemistry
845. INTENT- intent is the purpose to use a particular means to effect such result.
846. INTERDICTION - an international drug control policy which aims to stop drugs from
entering the country illegally.
847. INTERNAL VALIDITY - the certainty that experimental interventions did indeed cause
the changes observed in the study group; also the control over confounding factors which
tend to invalidate the results of an experiment.
848. Internet Fraud: Internet fraud generally refers to any type of fraudulent use of a
computer and the Internet, including the use of chat rooms, email, message boards,
discussion groups and web sites, to conduct fraudulent transactions, transmit the proceeds
of fraud to financial institutions, or to steal, destroy or otherwise render unusable (the
proliferation of viruses for example) computer data vital to the operation of a business.
850. Intrinsic Fraud: Deception that pertains to an issue involved in an original action. o
Examples include the use of fabricated evidence, a false return of service, perjured
testimony, and false receipts or other commercial documents.
857. jadavpur
858. jahangirnagar
859. jail
860. jailer
864. JOHN DOE WARRANT - It is one issued to person whom the witnesses cannot
identify
865. John Gaspar Lobater – A Swiss theologian, regarded the lack of beard in
man, the swirly eye or angry eye and weak chin serve as clues to unfavorable
personality or characteristic traits of an individual.
866. Jonathan Edwards family – One family tree that contradicted the theory
that criminality is inherited. A famous preacher in the colonial period, none of his
descendants were found to be criminals.
868. journalism
869. JUDGE
870. JUDICIAL NOTICE - means no more than that the court will bring to its aid and
consider, without proof of the facts its knowledge of those matters of public concern
which are known by all well informed persons.
871. Jukes Family – Family trees have been used extensively by certain
scholars in the effort to prove that criminality is inherited.
874. jurisprudence
875. JURY
876. JUST DESERTS - the notion that criminal offenders deserve the punishment they
receive at the hands of the law, and that punishments should be appropriate to the type and
severity of crime committed.
877. justice
878. Justifiable Homicide: The killing of another in self-defense when faced with the
danger of death or serious bodily injury. (same as excusable homicide)
879. justification
880. JUSTIFYING CIRCUMSTANCES- are those where the act of a person is said to
be in accordance with law, so that such person is deemed not to have transgressed the law
and is free from both criminal and civil liability.
881. juvenile delinquency
882. kidnapper
883. KIDNAPPING - taking someone away by force, often demanding money for their safe
return.
884. kill
885. killbot
886. killer
887. killingly
888. killology
889. kinesiology
893. larceny
894. lascivious
895. latin
896. law
899. lawbreaker
900. lawless
901. LEADING QUESTION –It is one where the answer is already supplied by the
examiner into the mouth of the witness.
902. LEARNING THEORY - the general notion that crime is an acquired form of behavior.
903. lecturer
904. LEGALIZATION - (of drugs) eliminates the laws and associated criminal penalties that
prohibit the production, sale, distribution, and possession of a controlled substance.
906. LESS GRAVE FELONIES- are those which the law punishes with penalties
which in their maximum period are correctional.
907. less include offense
908. lewd
909. LEWD- lewd is designed as obscene, lustful, indecent, and lecherous. It signifies
the form of immorality which has relation to moral impurity; or that which is carried on a
wanton manner.
910. Lewdness:Gross, wanton, and public indecency that is outlawed by many state
statutes; a sexual act that the actor knows will likely be observed by someone who will be
affronted or alarmed by it.
914. licentiate
915. LIFE COURSE THEORIES - explanations for criminality that recognize that
criminogenic influences have their greatest impact during the early stages of life, and which
hold that experiences which children have shape them for the rest of their lives.
916. LIGHT FELONIES- are those infractions of law for the commission of which the
penalty of arresto menor or a fine not exceeding 200 pesos, is provided.
917. linguistics
918. ll.m
919. llb
920. llm
922. logy
923. -logy
926. LOOTING - taking things illegally and by force, during a riot, war, etc.
927. lynch
928. LYNCHING - killing someone without legal process, often by hanging, often by an
angry mob.
929. m.i.t.
930. macroeconomics
933. Mail Fraud: An act of fraud using the U.S. Postal Service, as in making false
representations through the mail to obtain an economic advantage.
934. majored
935. majoring
939. MALA PROHIBITA- wrong merely because prohibited by statute, are violations
of mere rules of convenience designed to secure a more orderly regulation of the affairs
of society. The term mala prohibita refers generally to acts made criminal by special laws.
940. MALFEASANCE- is the performance of some act which ought not to be done.
941. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF- malicious mischief is the wilful damaging of another’s
property for the sake of causing damage due to hate, revenge or other evil motive.
942. man killer
945. manslaughter
948. manslaying
949. Manufacturing: Includes the creation of synthetic drugs and the act of isolating drug
compounds from organic sources.
950. Marital Rape: A husband’s sexual intercourse with his wife by force or without her
consent.
951. mariticide
953. marxism
958. massacre
959. MATERIAL EVIDENCE – evidence is material when it is directed to prove a
fact in issue as determined by the rules of substantive law and pleadings.
960. mathematics
961. maths
965. mcgill
967. Megalomania – A mental disorder in which the subject thinks himself great
or exalted.
971. meteorology
972. microbiology
973. middler
975. millersville
978. misdeed
979. misdemeanor
980. misdemeanor
981. MISDEMEANOR
982. MISFEASANCE- is the improper performance of some act which might lawfully
be done
983. MISLEADING QUESTION – a question which cannot be answered without
making an unintended admission.
984. MISPRISION OF TREASON- every person owing allegiance to the government
of the Philippine Islands, without being a foreigner, and having knowledge of any
conspiracy against them, conceals or does not disclose and make known the same, as soon
as possible to the governor or fiscal of the province, or the mayor or the fiscal of the city
in which he resides.
985. MISTAKE OF FACT- is a misapprehension of fact on the part of the person who
caused injury to another.
986. MISTRIAL
987. mitigate
988. MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES- those which, if present in the commission of
the crime, do not entirely free the actor from criminal liability but only serve to reduce the
penalty.
989. MITTIMUS JUDGEMENT
991. MODIFICATIONS
996. monash
997. MONEY LAUNDERING - the process of converting illegally earned assets, originating
as cash, to one or more alternative forms to conceal such incriminating factors as illegal
origin and true ownership.
998. Money Laundering:The federal crime of transferring illegally obtained money
through legitimate persons or accounts so that its original source cannot be traced.
999. MORAL ENTERPRISE - a term which encompasses all the efforts a particular interest
group makes to have its sense of propriety enacted into law origin and true ownership.
1001. mores
1003. MOTION
1004. motive
1005. MOTIVE- motive is the moving power which impels one to action for a definite
result.
1006. MUGGING - attacking someone with a plan to rob them.
1007. multiscience
1008. murder
1012. murderable
1013. murderee
1014. murderer
1015. murderess
1016. murderous
1017. murdersome
1018. museology
1019. musicology
1020. MUTILATION- means the lopping or the clipping off of some part of the body.
1021. MUTINY- it is the unlawful resistance to a superior officer, or the raising of
commotions and disturbances on board a ship against the authority of its commander.
1022. Napolcom – Shall administer the qualifying entrance exam. For policeman.
1023. NATURAL LAW - the philosophical perspective that certain immutable laws are
fundamental to human nature and can be readily ascertained through reason. Man-made
laws, in contrast, are said to derive from human experience and history–both of which are
subject to continual change.
1024. NATURAL RIGHTS - the rights which, according to natural law theorists, individuals
retain in the face of government action and interests.
1025. nazi
1026. neanderthal
1027. Necrophilism – Morbid craving usually of an erotic nature for dead bodies.
1028. NEGATIVE EVIDENCE- evidence which denies the existence of a fact in issue.
1029. negligent
1030. Negligent Homicide: Homicide resulting from the careless performance of a legal or
illegal act in which the danger of death is apparent; the killing of a human being by criminal
negligence.
1031. nematocide
1033. neoliberalism
1034. neurobiology
1035. neurology
1036. neuropathology
1037. neuropharmacology
1038. neuropsychiatry
1039. neuropsychology
1040. neuroscience
1041. neuroscientist
1042. NEUROSIS - functional disorders of the mind or of the emotions involving anxiety,
phobia, or other abnormal behavior.
1046. NOLLE
1051. NOTICE
1052. nuisance
1053. NURTURING STRATEGY - a crime control strategy which attempts "to forestall
development of criminality by improving early life experiences and channeling child and
adolescent development" into desirable directions.
1057. OCCUPATIONAL CRIME - any act punishable by law which is committed through
opportunity created in the course of an occupation that is legal.
1058. oceanography
1059. offence
1060. offender
1062. offense
1063. offense
1064. Offense - Is an act or omission that is punishable by special laws.
1067. OMERTA - the informal, unwritten code of organized crime which demands silence
and loyalty, among other things, of family members.
1068. OMISSION- is meant inaction, the failure to perform a positive duty which one is
bound to do.
1069. Opportunity - Consists of acts or omission which enables another person or group of
persons to operate the crime.
1070. Ordinary criminal - The lowest form of criminal career, they engage only on
conventional crimes which require limited skill and they lack organization to avoid arrest and
convictions.
1073. Organizational culture - Organizations themselves tend to have their distinct cultures
“the way we do things around here” in terms of culture.
1076. Organized crime - A generic description of any criminal activities carried out by a
group of two or more people. OR Are groups or operations run by criminals, most commonly
for the purpose of generating a monetary profit.
1077. Organizing - Is the process of grouping people, things, functions, activities, process
according to some logical or systematic plan or procedure so that work is carried out in the
most effective and efficient manner.
1078. osteology
1079. outlaw
1082. OVERT ACTS- an overt act is some physical activity or deed, indicating the
intention to commit a particular crime, more than a mere planning or preparation, which if
carried to its complete termination following its natural course, without being frustrated
by external obstacles nor by the voluntary desistance of the perpetrator, will logically and
necessarily ripen into a concrete offense.
1083. Pandering:The act or offense of recruiting a prostitute, finding a place of business for
a prostitute, or soliciting customers for a prostitute. The act or offense of selling or
distributing textual or visual material openly advertised to appeal to the recipient’s sexual
interest.
1084. panopticon
1085. Panopticon - A prison design which is a circular building with cells along the
circumference, each clearly visible from central location staffed by guards.
1086. panthéon-assas
1087. paralegal
1088. PARDON
1089. Pardon - The forgiveness of a crime and the penalty associated with it.
1090. PAROLE
1091. Parole - Not an executive clemency OR The condition release of prisoners before
they have served their full sentence.
1093. parricide
1094. PART OF THE RES GESTAE. – Statements made by a person while a startling
occurrence is taking place or immediately prior to or subsequent thereto with respect to
the circumstances thereof
1095. Part of the resgestae - Statements made by a person while a starling occurrence is
taking place or immediately prior to or subsequent.
1096. PARTY
1097. Passive inadequate criminal - Those who commit crimes because they are pushed to
it by inducement, by reward or promise without considering its consequences. They are
called “ulukan”.
1098. patricide
1100. pedagogical
1101. pedagogics
1102. pedagogy
1105. penal
1107. Penal code - The legal code governing crimes and their punishment.
1108. Penalty - It is the suffering that is inflicted by the State for transgression of a law. OR
Signifies pain
1109. PENALTY- penalty is the suffering that is inflicted by the State for the
transgression of a law.
1110. Penologist - A person who studies the science or art of punishment. OR Who studies
the science or art of punishment.
1111. penology
1112. Penology - Concerned with the control and prevention of crime and the treatment of
the youthful offenders. OR Deals with the control and prevention of crime and the
treatment of youthful offenders.
1114. periodontics
1117. pesticide
1118. ph.d
1119. ph.d.
1120. pharmacology
1121. phd
1122. phenomenology
1123. Philippine criminal law - Criminal law or Penal law is the branch of law which defines
crimes, treats of their nature and provides punishment.
1124. Philippine highway - It shall refer to any road, street, passage, highway and bridges
or other parts.
1125. PHILIPPINE HIGHWAY- it shall refer to any road, street, passage, highway and
bridges or other parts thereof, or railway or railroad within the Philippines used by
persons, or vehicles, or locomotives or trains for the movement or circulation of persons
or transportation of goods, articles, or property or both.
1126. philological
1127. philology
1129. phrenology
1130. Phrenology - This theory claims to be able to determine character, personality traits,
and criminality on the basis of the shape of the head.
1131. Physical evidence - Things used in the crime or that something left in the crime
scene which is the subjects of criminalistics.
1132. physics
1134. Physiognomy - It is refer to a way to identify criminal by its facial figures, physical
appearance and crimes that has been committed.
1135. Physiological approach - Focused on the study of the nature of human beings.
1136. PICKPOCKETING - stealing wallets, money, etc. from people’s pockets in crowded
places.
1138. Piracy - It is robbery or forcible depredation on the high seas, without lawful
authority and done with animo furandi and in the spirit and intention of universal hostility.
1139. PIRACY IN GENERAL AND MUTINY ON THE HIGH SEAS — The penalty
of reclusion temporal shall be inflicted upon any person who, on the high seas, shall
attack or seize a vessel or, not being a member of its complement nor a passenger, shall
seize the whole or part of the cargo of said vessel, its equipment, or personal belongings
of its complement or passengers
1140. PIRACY-it is robbery or forcible depredation on the high seas, without lawful
authority and done with animo furandi and in the spirit and intention of universal
hostility.
1141. PLEA
1142. Plea - The first pleading by criminal defendant, the defendant’s declaration in open
court that he or she is guilty or not guilty.
1143. PLEA BARGAIN
1146. poenology
1147. police
1150. Political crime Is one involving overt act or omissions which prejudice the interests
of the state, its government or its political system.
1157. Positive reinforcement - Can also be provided when a behavior yields an increase in
status, money, awards, or pleasant feelings.
1158. Positivism - The application of scientific techniques to the study of crime and
criminals.
1161. Possession for Sale: The possession of drugs in quantities sufficient for resale.
1163. Post conventional level - This stage is reached during early adulthood at which point
individuals are able to go beyond social conventions.
1167. postgraduate
1168. Post–impact stage - This stage entails the degree and duration of the personal and
social disorganization following victimization.
1169. postmodernism
1170. PRAETER INTENTIONEM- the injurious result is greater than that intended.
1171. Praetor intention - The injurious result is greater than that intended.
1172. Pre conventional level - This stage is reached during middle childhood, moral
reasoning is based on obedience and avoiding punishment.
1173. precalculus
1174. precedent
1176. Pre-impact stage - This describes the state of the victim prior to being victimized.
1179. prelaw
1183. PREMISES- premises signifies distinct and definite locality. It may mean a room,
shop, building or definite area, but in either case, locality is fixed.
1184. Prescription Fraud: The act of obtaining prescription (legal) drugs through forged or
stolen prescriptions.
1190. Pre-trial intervention - Supervise pre-trial interventions programs for persons charge
with a crime before or after any information has been filled or an indictment has been
returned in the circuit court.
1193. Prima facie evidence - Evidence which can stand alone to support a conviction unless
rebutted.
1194. PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE – evidence which can stand alone to support a
conviction unless rebutted.
1195. Primary/best evidence - That which the law regards as affording the greatest
certainty.
1196. PRIMARY/BEST EVIDENCE – that which the law regards as affording the
greatest certainty.
1197. primatology
1198. prison
1199. Prison - A place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually
deprived of a range of personal freedoms. OR Prisons are operated by states government
and the Federal Bureau of Prisons and are designed to hold individuals convicted of crimes.
1201. PRISON RECORDS- the personal circumstances of the inmate - it contains the
fingerprints, signature, mug shot, group, another violation while inside the institution.
1202. Prison Riot - A collective attempt by inmates to seize control over part or all of a
prison as a form of protest and again try to overpower their oppressors by forcing their ways
upon them.
1203. prisoner
1204. PRO SE
1205. Probable cause - Is a reasonable belief that the facts known to the police are
sufficient to show that a person has committed a crime.
1206. PROBABLE CAUSE HEARING
1207. PROBABLE CAUSE- probable cause can be defined as such facts and
circumstances which would lead a reasonable discreet and prudent man to believe that an
offense has been committed and that the object sought in connection with the offense are
in the place sought to searched.
1208. Probation - A sentence in which the offender id retained in the community under
the supervision of a probation agency rather than being incarcerated. OR Disposition of a
case under which a defendant after conviction and sentenced is released subject to
conditions imposed by the court and to the probation officer. OR An alternative to
imprisonment allowing a person found guilty of an offense to stay in the community.
1209. Probative value - It is the tendency of the evidence to establish the proposition that
it is offered to prove.
1213. professor
1214. Progressive Conflict – This process begins with arrest which is intgerpreted
as defining a person as an enemy of society and which calls forth hostile relations
from representative of society prior to and regardless of proof of guilt, that each
side tends to drive the other side to greater violence unless it becomes stabilized
on a recognized level.
1215. Promissory Fraud: A promise to perform made when the promiser had no intention
of performing the promise.
1216. Proof - It refers to the accumulation of evidence sufficient to persuade the trial
court.
1217. PROOF- It refers to the accumulation of evidence sufficient to persuade the trial
court.
1218. Property bond - Is an undertaking constituted as a lien on the real property given as
security for the amount of the bail.
1219. PROPERTY BOND - is an undertaking constituted as a lien on the real property
given as security for the amount of the bail
1220. Property crimes - Crimes where the goal was to take or damage property.
1221. Proportionality - The notion of proportionality is the idea that we can rank the order
of the seriousness of the crime as well as a standard progression in the penalties to
administer.
1222. Proposal - There is no proposal when the person who has decided to commit a
felony proposes its execution to some other persons.
1223. PROPOSAL- there is a proposal when the person who has decided to commit a
felony proposes its execution to some other person or persons.
1224. proscience
1225. prosecution
1226. Prosecution - Function is lodged mainly with the National Prosecution Service, under
the Department of Justice.
1227. prosecutor
1228. PROSECUTOR
1229. Prosecutor - A trial lawyer representing the government in a criminal case and the
interests of the states in civil manners.
1230. Prospective - In the penal law cannot make an act punishable in a manner in which it
was not punishable when committed.
1233. Prostitution:The crime of engaging in sexual intercourse or other sexual activity for
hire.
1235. Prussian Law of 1784 – prohibit mothers and nurses from taking children
under 2 years old of age into their beds.
1236. pseudoscience
1237. psych
1240. psychiatry
1241. psychoanalysis
1242. Psychoanalytic theory - States that all humans have natural drives and urges that are
repressed in the unconscious.
1244. psychobiology
1245. psychological
1247. psychologist
1248. psychology
1249. Psychology - It is about people and focuses on the study of the human mind and
behavior.
1250. psychometrics
1252. psychophysiology
1259. Public order crime - Crimes which involves act that interfere with the operations of
society and the ability of people to function efficiently.
1260. punishable
1262. punitive
1263. Pyramid Schemes:Pyramid Schemes may involve a structure that is laid out like a
pyramid, with one person at the top, two persons on the next level, four on the next and
eight on the next. The structure may also be circular with one person at the center, two on
the next, four on the next and eight persons on the outer circle. The circular structure is
merely a view of a pyramid looking from the top down.
1264. QUALIFYING (kind of aggravating circumstances) - those that change the nature
of the crime.
1265. Quantum of evidence - The totality of evidence presented for consideration.
1268. QUANTUM OF PROOF – refers to the degree of proof required in order to arrive
at a conclusion.
1269. Quarles decision - Warrantless search is justified only in emergencies.
1272. Racial threat theory - As the size of the black population increases, the perceived
threat to the white population increases, resulting in a greater amount of social control
imposed against blacks.
1273. Racism - Many authors define racism as a ‘doctrine, dogma, ideology, or set of
beliefs’
1274. Racist violence - Any incident, including threats, harassment, emotional and physical
harm, which is perceived to be racist by the victim, or any other person.
1275. racketeer
1276. Rafael Garofalo – A criminologist who pro-founded that society sets only 2
elements in crime, the opportunity and victim. He classified criminals into
murderers, thieves, sexual offenders (cynics) And violent criminals.
1279. Rape:Unlawful sexual activity with a person without consent and usually by force or
threat of injury.
1281. Rational choice theory of crime - A classical model of human choice that assumes
that offenders rationally calculate the costs and benefits of committing a crime.
1282. Rational Crime - Those committed with intention and offender is in full apprehension
of his mental faculties.
1283. Rational economic - An ideal type economists use to derive theories about human
behavior.
1284. Rationality - Human beings have free will, and the actions they undertake are the
result of choice.
1289. RECIDIVISM- when the time of trial for one crime, shall have been previously
convicted by final judgment of another crime embraced in the same title of the revised
penal code.
1290. Reciprocity - There is reciprocity if we look at the punishment as a natural part of
appropriateness of the punishment.
1291. Reckless Homicide: The unlawful killing of another person with conscious
indifference toward that person’s life.
1292. Recreational drug use - Characteristically centered on the use of cannabis and
‘dance drugs’ (for example, ecstasy), recreational drug use may be frequent but does not
involve excessive use, dependency or serious risks to health.
1296. Regionalism – crime rate not only vary from one region to another but also
generally among the several sections of each nation.
1297. Regionalism - crime rate not only vary from one religion to another but also
generally along several section of each nation
1298. Regulation - Within criminology, this term implies the control of business activity
within the framework of a set of rules, by an agency or by dedicated personnel assigned to
ensure compliance with those rules.
1299. Rehabilitation - The belief that it is possible to tackle the factors that cause offenders
to commit crimes and so reduce or prevent re-offending. The focus is usually on individual
factors such as employability, problem substance use, and anger management. OR
Treatment of criminal offenders that is aimed at preventing future criminal behavior.
1304. Religion – It emphasizes of morals and life's highest spiritual values, the
work and dignity of an individual and respect for the person and property of
others generally a powerful forces.
1305. REPARATION- in case of inability to return the property stolen, the culprit must
pay the value of the property stolen.
1306. Resettlement - Refers to a long tradition of work which aims to reintegrate
imprisoned offenders back into the community.
1309. RESTITUTION-in theft, the culprit is duty bound to return the property stolen.
1310. Restoration - In the History of England the term ‘Restoration’ has a specific meaning
in as much as it is used to describe the process whereby Charles II regained the English
throne after the Parliamentarian rule in the wake of the English Civil War.
1311. Restorative justice - An approach to criminal justice which aims to restore victims,
offenders and the wider community as far as possible to the position they were in before the
offence was committed, by involving them in the decision making process and attempting to
reconcile their conflicts through informal (but structured) discussion.
1313. retribution
1314. Retribution - Many of the early professional specialist were experts at execution,
torture and mutilation.
1315. Revisionist history - Historical revisionism is the re-examination and reviewing of the
stories told as history with an eye to updating them with more recently discovered, more
unbiased or more accurate information.
1320. Risk factors - Increasingly used to refer to individual or social factors which increase
the probability of involvement in crime.
1321. Risk management - The activity of using a risk assessment to manage the future risk
an individual may pose.
1322. robber
1323. robbery
1324. ROBBERY - stealing large amounts of money with force or violence from a bank,
store, etc.
1325. ROBBERY- is the taking of personal property belonging to another, with intent to
gain, by means of violence against, or intimidation of any person, or using force upon
things.
1326. robert e. park
1330. Rule of law - The idea of the ‘rule of law’ is that individuals and the
1332. Rural Criminality - This kind of criminality explained by the person identification with
delinquent.
1333. saber
1334. savilian
Segregation – This may be observed in the interaction between criminals and the
public thus, a person with criminal record may be ostracized in one community
but may become a political leader in other communities.
1337. science
1338. scienceless
1339. sciences
1340. scienticide
1341. scientific
1345. scientifically
1346. SEARCH WARRANT- is an order in writing issued in the name of the People of
the Philippines signed by a judge and directed to a peace officer, commanding him to
search for personal property described therein and bring it before the court.
1347. Seasonal Crime - Those that are committed only at a certain period of a year
1351. Securities Fraud: The crime of knowingly making any materially misleading
statement, or failing to disclose a material fact, in connection with the purchase or sale of a
security.
1355. SEIZE- it means to place in the control of someone a thing or to give him the
possession thereof.
1356. self control
1359. self-defense
1361. SENTENCE
1366. serotonin
1368. Service Crime - Those Committed only when given the situation conducive to its
commission
1369. sexology
1370. Sexual Abuse: An illegal sex act, especially one performed against a minor by an
adult. The term is usually applied to contact not amounting to rape. and is typically divided
into degrees according to the nature and circumstances of the contact.
1371. Sexual Assault: Sexual intercourse with another person without that person’s
consent. 2. Offensive sexual contact with another person, exclusive of rape.
1374. shoplift
1377. sin
1379. Situational crime - Those committed only when given the situation conductive to its
commission. OR Those who are actually not criminals but constantly in trouble with legal
authorities
1383. skyjack
1387. slaughter
1388. slaughterer
1389. slay
1390. slayer
1391. SMUGGLING - taking things secretly in or out of a place, country, jail, etc.
1393. Social Contract - The enlightenment-era concept that human beings abandon their
natural state of individual freedom to join together and form society.
1395. Social Control Theory - Is a type of functionalist theory that suggest that deviance
occurs when a person's or group's attachment to social bond is weakened.
1400. Social institution of crime - The general explanation of one topic in relation to
criminal behavior.
1401. Social Institutions And Crime – The general explanation of one topic in
relation to criminal behavior is that causes of crime lie primarily in the area of
personal interaction and that personal interaction is confined most entirely to
local community and neighborhood.
1402. Social Learning Theory - Is the view that people learn by observing others OR The
theory developed by Albert Bandura in 1973.
1407. Social psychological - Develop of criminal behavior is consider as involving the same
learning process.
1408. social science
1411. Socialized Delinquent Criminals - Those who are normal in their behavior, but merely
defective in their socialization processes.
1412. sociobiology
1413. sociolinguistics
1414. sociological
1415. Sociological and cultural approach - It includes assessment of those force resulting
from man’s collective survival efforts.
1417. Sociological Criminology - States that crime is a result of multiple factors which can
be divided into biological, psychological and social factors
1421. sociologist
1422. sociology
1423. Sociology – May mean a study of human society, its origin, structure,
function and direction.
1424. Sociology - May means a study of human society, its origin, function structure and
direction.
1425. Sociology of Law - Division of criminology which attempt to offer scientific analysis of
the conditions under which penal or criminal laws developed as a process of formal social
control. OR Is a division of criminology which attempts to offer scientific analysis of the
conditions under which criminal laws are developed as a process of formal social control.
1426. Sodomy:A term varying in meaning from state to state, but generally referring to any
type of sex act regarded by a legislature as “unnatural” or “perverted” In the narrowest and
most traditional sense, the term refers to anal sexual intercourse between men, but it may
extend to those or other acts between men and women (sometimes exemption married
couples, sometimes not), or women and women, or people and animals. Also called a crime
against nature, or an unnatural act.
1427. Soft determinism - The belief that human behavior is the result of choices and
decisions made within a context of situational constraints and opportunities
1428. Somatotype Theory - Theory that was developed by William Sheldon who associated
body type (physique) to human temperament.
1430. sororicide
1432. Span of Control - The ability of one person to supervise the affairs of subordinates is
limited by such factors.
1437. Spousal Abuse: Physical, sexual, or psychological abuse inflicted by one spouse on
the other spouse.
1439. Stalking:The act of threatening, harassing, or annoying someone, especially with the
intent of placing the recipient in fear that an illegal act or an injury will be inflicted on the
recipient or a member of the recipient’s family or household.
1443. State crime - Is activity or failures to act that break the state's own criminal law or
public international law
1449. STATUTE
1452. Statutory laws - Are enacted by legislatures and reflect current cultural mores OR
Enacted by legislatures and reflects current cultural mores.
1453. Statutory Rape: Unlawful sexual intercourse with a person under the age of consent,
regardless of whether it is against that person’s will.
1454. Stigmata - Refers to the physical marks and characteristics that suggest an individual
is abnormal
1456. Strain Theory - Views crime as a direct result of lower-class frustration and anger
1458. stress
1459. Structural Strain Theory - This theory traces the origins of deviance to the tension
that are caused by the gap between cultural goals and the means people have available to
achieve those goals.
1461. subcultures
1462. SUBJECT MATTER – cases of the general class where the proceedings in
question belong as determined by the nature of the offense and the penalty imposed by
law.
1463. SUBPOENA
1464. SUBSEQUENT CIRCUMTANCES – facts existing after the commission of the
crime [i.e. flight, extrajudicial admission to third party, attempt to conceal effects of the
crime, possession of stolen property, etc.]
1465. substantive
1468. superscience
1469. SUR REBUTTAL - is that which is given to repel, counteract or disprove facts
given in rebuttal evidence.
1470. surveillance
1471. Symbolic - In which modeling occurs by means of the media including movies,
television, internet, literature and radio.
1475. Tax Evasion:The willful attempt to defeat or circumvent the tax law in order to
illegally reduce one’s tax liability.
1476. Tax Fraud:The crime of intentionally filing a false tax return or making other false
statements under penalties of perjury to taxing authorities.
1478. teaches
1479. teamkill
1481. technoscience
1482. Telemarketing Fraud: Telemarketing Fraud is a term that refers generally to any
scheme to deprive victims dishonestly of money or property or to misrepresent the values of
goods or services.
1485. TERRITORY – the geographical limits of the territory over which the court
presides and where the offense was committed.
1486. TERRORISM - using violence, threats, or fear, usually for political purposes.
1487. Terrorism:Politically motivated violence or intimidation directed against a civilian
population by a subgroup within a population, by an outside group, or by clandestine agents
of another country.
1488. Tertiary Crime Victim - Victims who experience the harm vicariously, such as through
media accounts, the scared public or community due to watching news regarding crime
incidents.
1492. The correctional institutions - The agencies involved in the punishment of convicts
all fall under the executive department of the government
1495. The law enforcement - The law enforcers are at the forefront of the criminal justice
system of the country
1496. THE MIXED SYSTEM – the so-called mixed system is a good combination of
the good features and characteristic of the inquisitorial and the accusatorial system.
1497. The Pillory - Was much like the stocks but the public was able to throw things at the
person being held.
1498. The prosecution - The prosecution function is lodged mainly with the national
prosecution service, under the department of justice
1499. The Stocks - It was used for petty offenders (drunkards) who could not pay their
fines.
1502. Theft By False Pretext: The use of a false pretext to obtain another’s property.
1503. Theft Of Services: The act of obtaining services from another by deception, threat,
coercion, stealth, mechanical tampering, or using a false token or device.
1504. THEFT- theft is committed by any person who, with intent to gain but without
violence against or intimidation of persons nor force upon things, shall take personal
property of another without the latter’s consent.
1505. Theft:The felonious taking and removing of another’s personal property with the
intent to permanently deprive the true owner thereof; larceny. Broadly, any act or instance
of stealing, including larceny, burglary, embezzlement, and false pretenses.
1506. theology
1508. Theoretical Elaboration - Efforts to figure out the implications of a theory, what
other variables might be added to the theory; also associated with the belief that theory
competition is better than theoretical integration.
1509. Theoretical Integration - Efforts to come up with grand, overarching theories which
apply to all types of crime and deviance.
1510. Theoretical Specification - Efforts to figure out the details of a theory, how the
variables work together; usually associated with a belief that many, competing theories are
better than integrated efforts.
1511. theorist
1512. Theory Building - Efforts to come up formal, systematic, logical, and mathematical
ways in which theories are constructed.
1515. thief
1516. Three-strikes Legislation - Criminal statutes that mandate life imprisonment for
criminals convicted of three violent felonies or serious drug offences.
1518. thug
1519. thuggee
1521. timss
1523. tort
1524. torture
1525. toxicology
1526. Trace Evidence - Analysis is the analysis and comparison of trace evidence including
glass, paint, fibers and hair.
1528. Trafficking: The act of transferring drugs from one location to another, usually on
behalf of a second party.
1529. TRANSCRIPT
1530. TRANSFER
1531. transgression
1532. transpersonal
1533. Transportation - The alternative form of capital punishment to the death penalty.
1535. TREACHERY- when the offender commits any of the crime against the person ,
employing means, methods or forms in the execution thereof which tend directly and
specially to insure its execution, without risk to himself arising from the defense which
the offended party might make.
1536. treason
1540. TRIAL
1541. tyrannicide
1542. Uhlenhuth test - Test, or the antigen-antibody precipitin test for species
1544. undergrad
1545. undergraduate
1549. unlawful
1550. unslain
1552. utilitarianism
1553. Utilitarianism - Holds to any value to any individual undertaking it according to the
amount of pleasure or pain
1554. uxoricide
1555. VACATE
1556. vagrancy
1558. Vehicular Homicide: The killing of another person by one’s unlawful or negligent
operation of a motor vehicle
1564. victimology
1565. VIOLATION
1569. vishishtadvaita
1570. Voluntary manslaughter: An act of murder reduced to manslaughter because of
extenuating circumstances such as adequate provocation (arousing the “heat of passion”) or
diminished capacity.
1571. VOYEURISM - secretly watching naked people or sexual acts & getting sexually
excited.
1574. WARRANT
1575. White Collar Crimes – crimes committed by persons on the upper socio
economic level or occupying a high position in the organization.
1579. Wire Fraud: An act of fraud using electronic communications, as by making false
representations on the telephone to obtain money.
1580. wisconsin-madison
1582. Writs:An order from a higher court to a lower court or to a government official, such
as a prison warden.
1583. wrongdoer
1584. X
1585. X or XD
1586. Xenodochium
1587. X-Inefficiency
1588. X-M
1589. X-Patent
1590. X-rated
1597. Yard
1599. Yarn
1601. Yeoman
1602. Yeomanry
1605. Yield
1609. Zambrano
1632. Zero-Rated
1639. Zone
1648. Zone-of-Danger
1650. Zoning
1655. zoology
1656. Zoophilia
1657. Zoosadism
1658. Zygocephalum
1659. Zygostate