This uniquely comprehensive and multidisciplinary dictionary is written expressly for undergraduate and graduate criminal justice, criminology, and criminal law students. Up-to-date definitions of terms and phrases used among the various social science-based disciplines that comprise the study of criminal justice are clearly defined, along with case-law references where appropriate. A complete listing of transdisciplinary terms, phrases, abbreviations, and acronyms (including the military justice system) make this dictionary unique.