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ACTION STEREOTYPING – based on typical actions,
stereotyping in which an officer expects that a
certain type of event will unfold in a particular way;
can result in the officer's failure to see the event
the way it actually occurs.

ACTIONES LEGIS - law suits.

ACTIVE CRIMINALS – are those who commit crimes
due to aggressiveness.

ACTUS NEMINI FACIT INJURIAM - the act of the
law does no one wrong.

ACTUS NON FACIT REUM NISI MENS SIT REA -
the act does not make one guilty unless there be a
criminal intent.

ACTUS REUS - a guilty deed or act.

ACUTE CRIMINALS – are those who violate a
criminal law because of the impulse or fit of
passion. They commit passionate crimes.

AD HOC - for this purpose.

ADDICTION – the state of physical dependence on a
drug.

ADJOURN- to postpone or defer.

ADMINISTRATIVE CRIMINOLOGY – a form of
practical policy-relevant criminology that focuses
almost exclusively on the nature of the criminal
event and the particular setting in which it occurs.
Under this perspective, the offender is considered

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