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impersonal police departments into small units to
create a series of mini-police precincts, which are
responsive to the smaller communities.

COPYRIGHT - an exclusive right granted or conferred
by the government on the creator of a work to
exclude others from reproducing it, adapting it,
distributing it to the public, performing it in public,
or displaying it in public. Copyright does not protect
an abstract idea; it protects only the concrete form
of expression in a work. To be valid, a copyrighted
work must have originality and possess a modicum
of creativity.

CORDITE – a nitro glycine smokeless powder used
mainly in England.

CORE – a point on a ridge formation usually located
at the center or heart of a pattern.

CORONER – a district officer whose function is to
inquire into the circumstances and causes of any
violent or sudden death (with suspicion) occurring
within his jurisdiction; often referred to as the
“Coroner’s Inquest”.

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT – also known as physical
punishment.

CORPORATE CRIME – illegal acts or omissions which
are the result of deliberate decision-making or
culpable negligence within a corporation.

CORPORATISM – a word used to describe an
approach to criminal justice based on
centralization, government intervention and

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