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about crime and criminal behavior can be seen as
a corrected extension of social perspective.

EGO – refers to the organized part of the personality
structure that includes defensive, perceptual,
intellectual-cognitive, and executive functions.
Conscious awareness resides in the ego, although
not all of the operations of the ego are conscious. It
represents what may be called reason and common
sense, and acts on what Freud call “reality
principle”.

EGOTIST TECHNIQUES – an interrogation technique
usually employed against an interrogee who has
displayed a weakness or a feeling of insecurity. The
interrogator described him as the best person,
superior or comrade.

EGRESS – a way of exiting or travelling away from a
location. Is used when describing which vehicle
movements may be permitted at an intersection
(such as with an egress-only barrier). Is used when
describing the location of driveways and walkways
which provide an exit from a property.

EJECTOR – the mechanism in a firearm which causes
the cartridge case or shell to be thrown out from
the gun.

ELECTRICAL ARC – an extremely hot luminous
bridge formed by the passage of an electric current
across a space between two conductors or terminal
due to the incandescence of the conducting vapor.

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