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ATTEMPTED BOMBING - incidents in which a device
designed or purposely made to detonate/ignite
fails to function. Intent of activity is criminal in
nature; this also pertains to malfunctioning,
recovered, and/or disarmed devices.

ATTEMPTED FELONY- when the offender
commences the commission of a felony directly by
overt acts, and does not perform all the acts of
execution which should produce the felony by
reason of some cause or accident other than his
own spontaneous desistance.

ATTEST – to bear witness and testify under oath or
signature.

ATTITUDES - are predisposition to respond in a
positive or negative way to someone or something
in your environment.

AUBURN PRISON SYSTEM - The prison system
called the “Congregate System”. The prisoners are
confined in their own cells during the night and
congregate work in shops during the day. Complete
silence was enforced.

AUGUST VOLLMER - was the first police chief
of Berkeley, California and a leading figure in the
development of the field of criminal justice in the
United States in the early 20th century. He is
considered as the ‘father of modern policing’ and
the ‘father of police professionalism’.

AUGUSTE COMTE – one among the prominent
founder of sociology and positivism

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