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society, so that others will not commit the same
crime.

DETOUR – a diversion from the usual travelled
roadway either a crossover from one multi-lane
roadway to another (within the highway right-of-
way), or a route detour.

DETOXIFICATION – is the process of removing
drugs from the body by allowing them to
metabolize over time. Often the initial stage of
drug treatment.

DICTUM – formal statement made by the judge; a
judge’s statement or opinion on some legal point
other than the principle issue of the case. Such
statement is usually utilized as illustration or
argument.

DIE - in hand loading ammunition, any number tools
used to sized bullets and shells.

DIFFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION THEORY – a theory
which explains that criminal behavior is learned
and not inherited, and learned through interaction
with other persons in a process of communication.

DIFFERENTIAL OPPORTUNITY THEORY – a theory
which explains that society leads the lower class to
want things and society does things to people.
Ohlin claimed that there is differential opportunity,
or access, to success goals by both legitimate and
illegitimate means depending on the specific
location of the individual within the social structure.
Thus, lower class groups are provided with greater
opportunities for the acquisition of deviant acts.

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