Brief definitions of terms used both by criminals and by law enforcement officials including abbreviations, initialisms, proper names and places, some legal and medical terms, nicknames of prisons. Dictionary of American Penology . Terms, names of institutions and organizations, and articles on the correctional systems of each state are included along with lists of references and a statistical section on the characteristics of the criminal justice systems. Signed articles with bibliographies focus on prisons and the correctional system. Includes the names of people, associations, and prisons.
Purpose is to provide an introductory statement about a large number of topics.
Signed articles include a list of sources. Law Enforcement Vocabulary . Terms and slang with a pronunciation guide and one or two-line definitions. West's Encyclopedia of American Law . A major new multivolume encyclopedia aimed at a general audience.