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Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

VAWA is a federal law that was first passed in 1994... Read More

violent offenses

Murder: Includes homicide, non-negligent manslaughter, and voluntary homicide... Read More

viper

Street name, slang, or code word for synthetic cannabinoids... Read More

viral load

Pertaining to a measurement of the amount of virus in an organism, particularly in the bloodstream... Read More

visual depiction

When pertaining to sexual exploitation and other abuses of children: "includes undeveloped film and videotape, data stored on computer disk or by electronic means which is capable of conversion into a visual image, and data which is capable of conversion into a visual image that has been transmitted by any means, whether or not stored in a permanent format"... Read More

vital records

A term to describe several types of records crated by local authorities such as birth certificates and death certificates... Read More

vital signs

A collective term referring to a person’s pulse, respiration, temperature and blood pressure... Read More

vitamin D

Street, slang, or code word for cough medicines containing dextromethorphan... Read More

vitamin E

Street name, slang, or code word for 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)... Read More

vitamin K

Street name, slang, or code word for ketamine... Read More

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