Phone Number - 1-866-353-CFNE (2363)|info@cfnei.com

P Archives - Page 19 of 27 - CFNEI

Back to Index

 

powder diamonds

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

pox

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

practice guideline

Descriptive tool or standardized specification for care of a person in a specified situation developed through a formal process that incorporates the best scientific evidence of effectiveness with expert opinion... Read More

pre-existing condition

A general term referring to the existence of a health condition or injury before a certain date or event... Read More

pre-exposure prophylaxis

Refers to antiretroviral medicines prescribed before exposure, or possible exposure, to HIV... Read More

precedent

A court decision in an earlier case with facts and legal issues similar to a dispute currently before a court... Read More

precision

Characterizes the degree of mutual agreement among a series of individual measurements, values, and/or results... Read More

preferential amplification 

The unequal sampling of the two alleles present in a heterozygous locus primarily due to stochastic (random) fluctuation arising when only a few DNA molecules are used to initiate the polymerase chain reaction... Read More

preliminary hearing

A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to require the defendant to go to trial... Read More

presentence report

A report prepared by a court's probation officer, after a person has been convicted of an offense, summarizing for the court the background information needed to determine the appropriate sentence... Read More

The contents of this glossary is funded in part through a sub-award from RTI as the lead partner for the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence through a Cooperative Agreement from the National Institute of Justice (2011-DN-BX-K564 and 2016-MU-BK-K110), Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Neither the U.S. Department of Justice nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse, this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies and any services or tools provided).