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DEPTH OF CHAR – depth of burning wood used to
determine length of burn thereby locating the point
of origin of fire.

DERISION – scorn or mockery; ridicule

DESCRIPTION – the actual and factual reporting of
one’s observation of he reported sensory
experience recounted by another.

DESIGNER DRUG – are synthetic analogues of illicit
drugs, developed to circumvent drug laws.

DESTIERRO – the penalty of banishing a person from
the place where he committed a crime, prohibiting
him to get near or enter the 25-kilometer
perimeter.

DETECTIVE BEAT – refers to a contiguous area
where a team of police investigators is assigned
with a specific task of conducting follow-up
investigation to all complaints, reports, referrals,
and other requests with the end-in-view of full
compliance and/or the filling of a case.

DETENTION PRISONERS – those detained for
investigation, preliminary hearing, or awaiting
trial. A detainee in a lock up jail. They are prisoners
under the jurisdiction of Courts.

DETERRENCE - a strategy of punishment associated
with the Classical School. Deterrence can be
either specific, punishing an individual so that she
will not commit a crime again, or general,
punishing an individual to set an example to

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