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ASSET - any information, facility, material,
information, or activity which has a positive value
to its owner whether it is an individual, private or
government entity.

ASSIGNMENT SHEETS – the written reports
completed by persons assigned tasks at a crime
scene that document what they have done and
found.

ASTHENIC – a type of body built that is lean, slightly
built, and narrow shoulders

ATAVISM – Lombroso’s concept which suggests that
criminals are physiological throwbacks to earlier
stages of human evolution

ATHLETIC – a type of body built that is medium or
tall, strong, muscular, and with course bones

ATOM – the smallest particle of an element that take
part in a chemical reaction.

ATTACK CODE – a malicious software program
intended to impair or destroy the functioning of a
computer or a network resource.

ATTAINDER – loss of civil rights, inheritance,
property etc.; such as loss of civil rights occur after
a person has committed treason or felony and
received a sentence of death for his crime.

ATTEMPT – intent is a quality of the mind and implies
a purpose only, while attempt implies an effort to
carry that purpose into execution.

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