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Did you know that:According to the most recent information available from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, direct expenditures for police functions in 2007 was $104 billion (Bureau Of Justice)

Did you know that:According to the most recent information available from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, there were 1,524,513 people incarcerated in federal and state prisons throughout the United States in 2009. (Bureau Of Justice)

Did you know that:According to the most recent information available from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in 2010 there were 46 executions that took place in the United States down from 52 the prior year. (Bureau Of Justice)

Did you know that:According to the most recent information available from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, there were 760,400 people being held in local jails in the United States in 2009. (Bureau Of Justice)

Did you know that:According to the most recent information available from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, direct expenditures for judicial functions in 2007 was $50 billion (Bureau Of Justice)

Did you know that:According to the most recent information available from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Seventy percent of defendants convicted were incarcerated in a state prison or local jail. (Bureau Of Justice)

Did you know that:According to the most recent information available from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, there were 4,203,967 people on probation in the United States in 2009. (Bureau Of Justice)

Did you know that:According to the most recent information available from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, there were 7,225,800 people in the Criminal Justice System in the United States in 2009. This figure includes jails, federal and state prisons, parole and probation statistics. (Bureau Of Justice)

Did you know that:According to the most recent information available from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, About two-thirds of felony defendants were eventually convicted and more than 95% of these convictions occurred through a guilty plea. (Bureau Of Justice)

Did you know that:According to the most recent information available from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, there were 819,308 people on parole in the United States in 2009. (Bureau Of Justice)

dispositional hearing - The final stage in the processing of adjudicated juveniles in which a decision is made on the form of treatment or penalty that should be imposed on the child.

directed patrol - A police management strategy designed to increase the productivity of patrol officers through the scientific analysis and evaluation of patrol techniques.

dispute-resolution center - An informal hearing place designed to mediate interpersonal disputes without resorting to the more formal arrangements of a criminal trial court.

Disorderly Conduct - Any behavior that tends to disturb the public peace or decorum, scandalize the community, or shock the public sense of morality.

discharge - To release from confinement or supervision or to release from a legal status imposing an obligation upon the subject person.

discretion - See police discretion.

direct evidence - Evidence that, if believed, directly proves a fact. Eyewitness testimony and videotaped documentation account for the majority of all direct evidence heard in the criminal courtroom.

property crime - A UCR offense category that includes burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.

direct-supervision jail - A temporary confinement facility that eliminates many of the traditional barriers between inmates and correctional staff. Physical barriers in direct-supervision jails are far less common than in traditional jails, allowing staff members the opportunity for greater interaction with, and control over, residents. Also called new-generation jail; podular-direct jail.

disposition - The action by a criminal or juvenile justice agency which signifies that a portion of the justice process is complete and that jurisdiction is terminated or transferred to another agency or which signifies that a decision has been reached on one aspect of a case and a different aspect comes under consideration, requiring a different kind of decision.

Aubrey B. Harwell

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Neal & Harwell, PLC

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Law Clerk to Hon. Thomas A. Wiseman, Jr., U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Member, Boy Scouts of America, Eagle Scout. Fellow, Nashville Bar Foundation.