criminal minds Crossword Puzzles
Criminal Court Procedure 2023-10-11
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- Instructions The judge instructs the jury as to the law that applies to the case
- The physical taking into custody of a suspected law violator;Apprehension
- Punishment imposed on a defendant found guilty of violating the criminal law
- Guarantee that a released defendant will appear at trial; monetary/property
- The defendant is informed of the pending charges in court and is required to enter a plea
- Request for the judge to end a case if the basic case has not been established from the evidence produced
- Negotiations The defendant pleads guilty with the expectation of receiving some benefit (hopes or receiving a reduced sentence)
- The individual bringing charges against the person accused of violating a criminal law
- Any violation of the criminal law found in the SC Code of laws
- Decision Formal criminal charges decided by the prosecutor/solicitor against the defendant stating what criminal law was violated
- Statements The prosecutor and Defense review all evidence presented and asks for a finding of guilty or not guilty
- Appearance The accused is told of the charges, bail is set, and a date for the preliminary hearing is set;bond hearing
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- An attorney in a criminal case
- Formal and informal exchange of information before trial (Tangible or non-tangible items used during a trial to aid in the conviction of the accused)
- Hearing Pretrial hearing to determine if probable cause exists to hold the accused
- Argument The prosecutor makes additional closing arguments
- The jury must reach a unanimous decision. If the jury cannot reach a unanimous, the case may be tried again
- Examination Witnesses questioned by the prosecutor or defense attorneys regarding evidence in favor of the prosecution or defense
- Statements Attorneys explain the evidence to be presented to prove or disapprove the allegations made against the accused
- The person accused of violating a criminal law
- An attorney in a civil case
- Review of the lower court decision by a higher court; argument made by the prosecutor for the case to remain or by the defense attorney for the case to be overturned
- A fact-finding process using the adversarial (argumentative) method before a judge or a jury; determines innocence or guilt
- Examination Questioning designed to break down the story or to discredit the witness
- Jury A group of citizens who decide if persons accused of crimes should be charged (indicted) Issues True Bill or No Bill
25 Clues: An attorney in a civil case • An attorney in a criminal case • The person accused of violating a criminal law • Any violation of the criminal law found in the SC Code of laws • Argument The prosecutor makes additional closing arguments • The physical taking into custody of a suspected law violator;Apprehension • ...
Criminal Justice Terminology 2025-08-07
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- a person who is not the chief offender but is involved in some way; accomplice or abettor
- blood alcohol concentration (abbreviation)
- lawsuit brought to redress a private issue (as opposed to a crime)
- confidential informant (abbreviation)
- facts and circumstances providing reasonable justification for an seizure, search or warrant
- behavior accompanying a crime which increases its intensity or adds to its consequences beyond what is necessary for the commission of the crime itself
- causing bodily harm or offensive physical contact
- private investigator (abbreviation)
- officer of the law responsible for investigating crimes (rather than patrolling or responding)
- International Criminal Police Organization (abbreviation)
- temporary detention facility
- dead on arrival (abbreviation)
- unlawful killing of a person with malice
- date of birth (abbreviation)
- process by which a state or nation transfers custody of an individual for prosecution or punishment
- overdose (abbreviation)
- attempting or threating to inflict bodily injury
- written order issued by a judge directing an officer to perform an arrest, search or seizure
- facts and circumstances providing justification for a brief stop or detention; less than probable cause, but more than a hunch or mere speculation
- voluntary acknowledgement of certain facts
- theft of property from a person using force or the threat of force
- legally defined area over which an agency has control
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- restriction setting the period of time allowed to elapse between the occurrence of an incident and the filing of a lawsuit or criminal prosecution
- unlawful killing of a person without malice
- be on the lookout; similar to APB (abbreviation)
- entering a property or room with the intent to steal items from the premises
- Admission of enough facts to establish guilt of a particular crime
- person less than 18 years old; also known as a minor
- also known as (abbreviation)
- drug or substance regulated by federal or state law
- Child Protective Services (abbreviation)
- area an officer is assigned to patrol
- breaking and entering (abbreviation)
- unlawful killing of a person by another person; includes murder and manslaughter
- agreement between two or more people to commit a crime
- canine (dog) (abbreviation)
- juvenile who habitually violates the law
- Special Weapons and Tactics (abbreviation)
- driving while intoxicated/impaired (abbreviation)
- deliberately and illegally setting fire to a property
- officers who assist first responders
- Social Security number (abbreviation)
- Combined DNA Index System (abbreviation)
- Assistant Attorney General (abbreviation)
- elected chief officer of a county law enforcement agency
- all-points bulletin; similar to BOLO (abbreviation)
- modus operandi (Latin for method of operation); pattern of behavior typical for a particular offender committing a specific crime (abbreviation)
- limited protective search of a person consisting of a pat down of outer clothing
48 Clues: overdose (abbreviation) • canine (dog) (abbreviation) • also known as (abbreviation) • temporary detention facility • date of birth (abbreviation) • dead on arrival (abbreviation) • private investigator (abbreviation) • breaking and entering (abbreviation) • officers who assist first responders • confidential informant (abbreviation) • area an officer is assigned to patrol • ...
Criminal Justice Crossword 2024-12-03
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- Information that can be inferred from other facts
- A challenge that is given without a reason but is usually based on a perceived bias in the jury candidate
- Procedures that officers must follow when making an arrest
- The stage in the criminal process when a person accused of a crime is informed of the charges and is allowed to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty
- An agreement in which a defendant pleads guilty in return for a lesser charge
- The amendment that gives a suspect the right to a fair and speedy trial
- A group of citizens who examine the evidence in a serious criminal case
- The civil force of a national or local government, responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order.
- The lawyers and judge in a case question potential jurors to determine whether there is any reason to disqualify them
- must be issued by a judge in order to take action on a crime
- “Not guilty” verdict
- Testimony in court that refers to a statement made outside of court.
- A jury that fails to reach a unanimous verdict
- A period of time during which a person who has committed a crime has to obey the law and be supervised by a probation officer, rather than being sent to prison
- Moment when the judge announces the punishment for a crime
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- A trial where a judge, not a jury, weighs the facts of a case and makes a ruling.
- A penalty that requires the convicted person to pay to the public treasure a sum of money fixed by law after an offense has been committed
- The most extreme form of punishment that has long been controversial
- Imprisonment in a jail, prison, or other correctional facility as punishment for a crime
- Portion of the Fourth Amendment that sets out certain conditions under which warrants can be issued
- Early release from prison
- A formal accusation of criminal behavior handed down by a grand jury
- Amendment that protects you against self-incrimination
- A minor crime that typically is punished by fine or no more than 1 year is prison
- A repayment by an offender to a victim for losses, damages, or injuries resulting from a crime
- Evidence such as fingerprints, handwriting, and DNA
- A legal document authorizing officers or other officials to enter and search premises
- A serious crime that is usually punishable by more than one year in prison
- A violent crime that comes in multiple degrees and has many different charges
- A written statement given to a judge arguing for a particular verdict or decision.
30 Clues: “Not guilty” verdict • Early release from prison • A jury that fails to reach a unanimous verdict • Information that can be inferred from other facts • Evidence such as fingerprints, handwriting, and DNA • Amendment that protects you against self-incrimination • Procedures that officers must follow when making an arrest • ...
wings of fire project 2 2024-11-25
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- the leader of the dragons to stop the war
- perils mother
- shouts out ice from there mouth
- clay's loveintres
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- she is a nightwing but she can not read minds
- she is the nightwing but she can not read minds.
- the qween of the skywings.
- the qween of the sandwingds
- the sandwing she is brave and small so she can sneack around other dragons.
9 Clues: perils mother • clay's loveintres • the qween of the skywings. • the qween of the sandwingds • shouts out ice from there mouth • the leader of the dragons to stop the war • she is a nightwing but she can not read minds • she is the nightwing but she can not read minds. • the sandwing she is brave and small so she can sneack around other dragons.
Elvis's Pelvis 2024-03-08
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- Blue _____ Shoes
- _______ Melody
- Are you _______ Tonight
- Can't help _____ in Love
- ____ Me Quick
- A little ____ Conversation, a little ____ more action please
- Polk ______ Annie
- In the ______
- I did it my _____
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- _____ Love
- You ain't nothing but a _____ Dog
- _______ Rock
- You're the _____ in Disguise
- Where no one _______ Alone
- That's _____ Right
- An American ______
- Suspicious ____
- ________ Hotel
- Viva ____ Vegas
19 Clues: _____ Love • _______ Rock • ____ Me Quick • In the ______ • _______ Melody • ________ Hotel • Suspicious ____ • Viva ____ Vegas • Blue _____ Shoes • Polk ______ Annie • I did it my _____ • That's _____ Right • An American ______ • Are you _______ Tonight • Can't help _____ in Love • Where no one _______ Alone • You're the _____ in Disguise • You ain't nothing but a _____ Dog • ...
Cognados 2021-03-25
Spanish Chapter 6 Part B 2024-04-07
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- Morir a
- Ser visto
- Se llevarse bien con criminals
- Un criminal hace
- La criticar
- La persona llevarse bien con ladrón
- La persona no nacer en la mundo
- Lugares de la pelicula
- el papel en la película
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- Gustar Mucho
- Presentar la pelicula
- comprar por UN tiempo
- ladrón robar la persona
- El criticar
- ladrón coleccionar
- Ser interesada
- Perder
- La persona investigar Criminals
- amor
- prisionero
20 Clues: amor • Perder • Morir a • Ser visto • prisionero • El criticar • La criticar • Gustar Mucho • Ser interesada • Un criminal hace • ladrón coleccionar • Presentar la pelicula • comprar por UN tiempo • Lugares de la pelicula • ladrón robar la persona • el papel en la película • Se llevarse bien con criminals • La persona investigar Criminals • La persona no nacer en la mundo • ...
Wings of fire ;) 2024-03-09
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- Name of the dragonet (Formly Darkstalker)
- This tribe has a barb at the end of their tails
- The name of the Mudwing in the Dragonet prophecy
- The Rainwing that can't change their scales
- Winter's brother who was turned into Pyrite
- Funny, smart Sandwing that was in Jade Mountain
- The name of the Sandwing in the Dragonet prophecy
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- Seawing, royal, secret animus
- The one Nightwing that can read minds
- *grumpy* Icewing who is royal and who has a crush on Moon
- The place where dragons from all tribes learn together in peace
- These dragons used to be able to read minds
12 Clues: Seawing, royal, secret animus • The one Nightwing that can read minds • Name of the dragonet (Formly Darkstalker) • The Rainwing that can't change their scales • These dragons used to be able to read minds • Winter's brother who was turned into Pyrite • This tribe has a barb at the end of their tails • Funny, smart Sandwing that was in Jade Mountain • ...
Lesson 4 2021-11-26
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- Law which defines rights and liabilities are known as ............ law
- Criminal law is a form of ........ law
- Relationship between ......... are governed by Private Law
- Main purpose of ....... law is to settle disputes between individuals
- Law that governs laws between different countries
- Law which set out the rules that govern the proceedings of the court in criminal lawsuits as well as civil and administrative proceedings
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- Public Law applied to the relationship between an individual and the ..............
- Laws applicable within a city or other local government entity
- Fundamental difference between criminal and civil law
- ................ law applies to relationships between individuals in a legal system.
- In criminal law the case is brought by the .......... in the name of the Crown
- ............ law is an example for public law.
- Example for Private Law
13 Clues: Example for Private Law • Criminal law is a form of ........ law • ............ law is an example for public law. • Law that governs laws between different countries • Fundamental difference between criminal and civil law • Relationship between ......... are governed by Private Law • Laws applicable within a city or other local government entity • ...
Socials 10 Law 2022-06-06
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- criminal justice act, act for younger people
- electorl officer, important for elections
- offences, breach of a law when you break a rule or a law
- era, accused intend
- law, murder
- court of BC,
- law, tresspassing
- of law well established rules that you must follow
- offences, violation of something
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- law, law created by judges and personal opinions
- criminal act, consideration of crime in Canada
- of innocence, innocent until proven guilty
- disobedience, to pay taxes and to follow laws
- on the rights of the child, send out cultural rights of a child
- laws, rule made by a company or a society
- court of Canada, biggest court when it comes to criminal crimes
- code system, legal system all of the world
- law, is set out of the acts of the parliament
18 Clues: law, murder • court of BC, • law, tresspassing • era, accused intend • offences, violation of something • electorl officer, important for elections • laws, rule made by a company or a society • of innocence, innocent until proven guilty • code system, legal system all of the world • criminal justice act, act for younger people • disobedience, to pay taxes and to follow laws • ...
Criminal law cross word 2023-01-26
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- A model that reaches agreement among multiple parties (12 letters)
- Dominant groups in society codify their values into law (12 letter)
- Law dealing with non-criminal disputes (8 letters)
- Agencies responsible for maintaining law and order (13 letters)
- Concept of fairness and righteousness" (7 letters)
- Law developed through court decisions (9 letters)
- Act against the law (5 letters)
- Law made by government (12 letters)
- Someone who has committed a crime (8letter)
- Criminal act or guilty act (8 letters)
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- Court that reviews decisions of lower courts(12 letters)
- Trial without a jury (10 letters)
- System for dealing with crime and criminals" (20 letters)
- Criminal intent or guilty mind (7 letters)
- Court that hears and decides on cases (10 letter)
15 Clues: Act against the law (5 letters) • Trial without a jury (10 letters) • Law made by government (12 letters) • Criminal act or guilty act (8 letters) • Criminal intent or guilty mind (7 letters) • Someone who has committed a crime (8letter) • Law developed through court decisions (9 letters) • Court that hears and decides on cases (10 letter) • ...
DHR Birthday Bonanza 2021-09-14
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- Incurable quintuple
- Camp Fire, for one
- Melding minds
- Ascending delight
- Jack of all trades
- Election day lives here
- Germinating best friend
- Chunks of cat's paw
- GANG UP
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- Formerly known as Hickory Town
- All over
- Crest of Virginia
- Year of the pearl
- Hopeful prospect
- Celebrated killjoy
- Hairiest European
- Naughty society
- Halting the grouch
18 Clues: GANG UP • All over • Melding minds • Naughty society • Hopeful prospect • Crest of Virginia • Year of the pearl • Ascending delight • Hairiest European • Camp Fire, for one • Celebrated killjoy • Jack of all trades • Halting the grouch • Incurable quintuple • Chunks of cat's paw • Election day lives here • Germinating best friend • Formerly known as Hickory Town
More Joy in Heaven 2013-06-09
15 Clues: judge • Senator • reporter • Criminal 1 • Criminal 2 • Hotel Owner • Father Butler • boxing trainer • Kip's Girl Friend • Dr. Denis Ritchie • Senator's Daughter • Nephews first name • Caley Main character • Life and twenty lashes • Hotel place where Kip worked
Erin & Matthew 2025-01-16
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- Grooms middle name
- Nickname of camper
- Street they live on
- When they read each other's minds
- Brides profession
- Who is left handed?
- The "comfort > everything"
- Brides middle Name
- Where we got engaged
- Grooms profession
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- Honeymoon location
- First trip together
- Ceremony location
- Dora's nickname
- Grooms employer
- The "little fox"
- Brides birth month
- First date location
- Salt
- The "nervous nelly"
20 Clues: Salt • Dora's nickname • Grooms employer • The "little fox" • Ceremony location • Brides profession • Grooms profession • Honeymoon location • Grooms middle name • Nickname of camper • Brides birth month • Brides middle Name • First trip together • Street they live on • First date location • Who is left handed? • The "nervous nelly" • Where we got engaged • The "comfort > everything" • ...
rock34 2024-06-07
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- Tom Petty's escape.
- Gaga and Cooper's duet.
- Springsteen's burning love.
- To Love's plea.
- Guns N' Roses' request.
- Minds' paranoia.
- Got a Gun's revenge.
- Wonderland's dance.
- Dua Lipa's uplifting hit.
- Peaceful vision.
- Were Here sentiment.
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- Cohen's sacred song.
- Fleetwood Mac's vision.
- Heart's fierce song.
- Def Leppard's desire.
- Beatles' change.
- Floyd's critique.
- Bee Gees' survival.
- Perry's motivational hit.
- John's utopia.
20 Clues: John's utopia. • To Love's plea. • Beatles' change. • Minds' paranoia. • Peaceful vision. • Floyd's critique. • Bee Gees' survival. • Tom Petty's escape. • Wonderland's dance. • Cohen's sacred song. • Heart's fierce song. • Got a Gun's revenge. • Were Here sentiment. • Def Leppard's desire. • Fleetwood Mac's vision. • Gaga and Cooper's duet. • Guns N' Roses' request. • Perry's motivational hit. • ...
Unit 17 Police Powers 2013-01-29
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- Twelve people chosen to hear a case at crown court (4)
- Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1,1,1,1)
- Highly qualified person in charge of trials at crown court (5)
- Gives legal advice (9)
- Offence that can be dealt with by magistrates court (7)
- Member of a political community or state (7)
- Warning given to arrested people about what they say(7)
- Paid qualified senior magistrate (8,5)
- Official instructions on how to do the job (5,2,8)
- A law or Act of Parliament(7)
- Court where indictable criminal cases are heard (5,5)
- Disobeying bail conditions (6,2,4)
- Agreement (7)
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- Authority from a magistrate or judge to make an arrest or search(7)
- Circumstances that make a crime less serious (10)
- Lay person who hears summary cases (10)
- Local criminal court where the sentence (11,5) for an offence is up to 6 months/£5000 fine
- Prison or other secure place (7)
- Defendants are aged between 10 and 17 here (5,5)
- Accused (9)
- Organisation of lawyers which prepares prosecution of criminal cases using evidence collected by police (1,1,1)
- Depriving a suspect of their freedom (6)
- Arrangement to ensure that a defendant will appear in court (4)
23 Clues: Accused (9) • Agreement (7) • Gives legal advice (9) • A law or Act of Parliament(7) • Prison or other secure place (7) • Disobeying bail conditions (6,2,4) • Paid qualified senior magistrate (8,5) • Lay person who hears summary cases (10) • Depriving a suspect of their freedom (6) • Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1,1,1,1) • Member of a political community or state (7) • ...
Crime and Punishment 2017-10-17
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- To suffocate someone by not letting them breathe.
- The opposite for "innocent".
- Someone who breaks into a house and steals objects.
- A metal ring that can be locked around a prisoner's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a chain or bar.
- Brutal or violent killing
- To carry off a person by force and use him/her as a hostage.
- To set fire to a building or car illegaly.
- The act of bringing illegal goods like drugs into a country.
- A judicial decision that states punishment for a criminal.
- A decision made by a jury after hearing the case.
- "He was accused ..... treason"
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- A person who steals goods in a store.
- To kill someone
- To pierce someone with a sharp weapon such as a knife
- A time in which a criminal is released from prison for a while and needs to stay out of trouble.
- A synonym for "prison"
- To seize (take control) of a plane by threat or by force.
- ...service is a period of unpaid work a criminal must do in a hospital, school, etc.
- The amount of money a criminal must pay to the court
- Someone who steals
20 Clues: To kill someone • Someone who steals • A synonym for "prison" • Brutal or violent killing • The opposite for "innocent". • "He was accused ..... treason" • A person who steals goods in a store. • To set fire to a building or car illegaly. • To suffocate someone by not letting them breathe. • A decision made by a jury after hearing the case. • ...
Words 2015-08-26
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- emotional effect
- showing,telling
- enemy,rival
- a word that stands for another
- person vs person
- time and place of action
- straight, undeviating
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- group of words
- fixed,stable
- powerful
- lead role
- person story told by narrator
- level,horizontal
- accident, incidental
- circular
- person author can enter minds of the characters
- subject,topic
17 Clues: powerful • circular • lead role • enemy,rival • fixed,stable • subject,topic • group of words • showing,telling • emotional effect • level,horizontal • person vs person • accident, incidental • straight, undeviating • time and place of action • person story told by narrator • a word that stands for another • person author can enter minds of the characters
Unit Three Crossword 2021-09-15
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- Less serious offense on the UCR
- More serious offense on the UCR
- Punishable by up to five years incarceration
- Criminal burden of proof
- Wrong because it's prohibited
- Crimes Punishable by seven years or more
- Accused party in criminal/civil action
- All other law besides criminal
- Wrong in of itself
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- Burden of proof in civil law
- Injured party in civil law
- Punishable by up to 90 days in jail
- Includes reported and unreported crime
- Legal responsibility in civil law
- Violence between family/co-habitants
- Subjecting someone to unwanted attention
16 Clues: Wrong in of itself • Criminal burden of proof • Injured party in civil law • Burden of proof in civil law • Wrong because it's prohibited • All other law besides criminal • Less serious offense on the UCR • More serious offense on the UCR • Legal responsibility in civil law • Punishable by up to 90 days in jail • Violence between family/co-habitants • ...
Celebrating Jubilee JoAnne! 2021-04-29
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- scientific sisters
- double joy
- beloved program
- cool and happy tens
- juices flowing
- sold out!
- “damned near”
- rarely misses
- no truer friends
- lights up a room
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- was comfy there
- queen of guests
- for the sake of the Church
- a pause that refreshes
- not again!
- opening minds
- young and carefree there
- dear, oh dear!
- celebrating promises kept
- blaze craze
20 Clues: sold out! • double joy • not again! • blaze craze • “damned near” • opening minds • rarely misses • juices flowing • dear, oh dear! • was comfy there • queen of guests • beloved program • no truer friends • lights up a room • scientific sisters • cool and happy tens • a pause that refreshes • young and carefree there • celebrating promises kept • for the sake of the Church
Criminal Justice HJ-2 2023-05-03
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- traffic violations
- must find the person guilty or not guilty
- cause- officer must see the crime
- crimes- crimes that don't involve a criminal
- a person that breaks the law
- less serious crimes like disturbing peace
- such as murdering and kidnapping
- when juveniles break the law
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- a person that breaks the law under 18
- crimes- fraud and copyright
- warrant- confirmation to make an arrest
- a plea of guilty or not guilty
- an act that breaks the law
- bargain- may plea guilty to lesser
- where children show where they can reform
- justice system- three part system
- an amount of time
17 Clues: an amount of time • traffic violations • an act that breaks the law • crimes- fraud and copyright • a person that breaks the law • when juveniles break the law • a plea of guilty or not guilty • such as murdering and kidnapping • cause- officer must see the crime • justice system- three part system • bargain- may plea guilty to lesser • a person that breaks the law under 18 • ...
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 2025-01-29
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- most common fingerprint classification
- least common fingerprint classification
- ______ v. arizona
- collected to ensure the accused comes to court
- symbolizes courage to carry out justice
- group of citizens selected to hear evidence in a trial
- process of gathering facts and evidence to identify a suspect
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- represents justice is blind
- greek goddess of law and order
- law enforcement known as
- taking someone into custody
- the "referee" of a criminal trial
- the processing of a person after an arrest
13 Clues: ______ v. arizona • law enforcement known as • represents justice is blind • taking someone into custody • greek goddess of law and order • the "referee" of a criminal trial • most common fingerprint classification • least common fingerprint classification • symbolizes courage to carry out justice • the processing of a person after an arrest • ...
Criminal Justice 2025-04-23
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- Warrant, requires probable cause
- Right, given to the individual after being arrested
- Ethan Couch (spoiled)
- defense attorney
- constitution
- proven by a judge that the defendant is guilty of a crime
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- blue collard
- plea or hearing
- physical attack
- 4th amendment
- accused of a crime,
- punishment can be 1 year in jail
- get out of jail “card”
13 Clues: blue collard • constitution • 4th amendment • plea or hearing • physical attack • defense attorney • accused of a crime, • Ethan Couch (spoiled) • get out of jail “card” • Warrant, requires probable cause • punishment can be 1 year in jail • Right, given to the individual after being arrested • proven by a judge that the defendant is guilty of a crime
criminal justice 2022-11-29
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- a french phrase that means to speak the truth
- peer pressure to do a crime
- the process through which a convicted person is changed or reformed
- getting caught doing a crime and going to jail
- an excuse that someone has,that they were somewhere else during the crime
- an act that violates a law, government sets a penalty
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- people who decide whether or not a person gets charged
- guilty state of mind
- somebody that helps somebody commit a crime
- the person who is injured when another person commits a crime
- imprisoned by the government
- is a punishment given as a kind of revenge for wrong doing
- a grand jury formal charge
13 Clues: guilty state of mind • a grand jury formal charge • peer pressure to do a crime • imprisoned by the government • somebody that helps somebody commit a crime • a french phrase that means to speak the truth • getting caught doing a crime and going to jail • an act that violates a law, government sets a penalty • people who decide whether or not a person gets charged • ...
criminal justice 2022-11-29
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- a french phrase that means to speak the truth
- peer pressure to do a crime
- the process through which a convicted person is changed or reformed
- getting caught doing a crime and going to jail
- an excuse that someone has,that they were somewhere else during the crime
- an act that violates a law, government sets a penalty
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- people who decide whether or not a person gets charged
- guilty state of mind
- somebody that helps somebody commit a crime
- the person who is injured when another person commits a crime
- imprisoned by the government
- is a punishment given as a kind of revenge for wrong doing
- a grand jury formal charge
13 Clues: guilty state of mind • a grand jury formal charge • peer pressure to do a crime • imprisoned by the government • somebody that helps somebody commit a crime • a french phrase that means to speak the truth • getting caught doing a crime and going to jail • an act that violates a law, government sets a penalty • people who decide whether or not a person gets charged • ...
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 2025-09-19
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- A process in which criminal conduct investigated arrests made charges brought
- Law codes written for the Athens and Greece
- Document describing the powers of being the federal government
- Chinese the first to use
- they changed then way they view high profile cases
- New York City inspector Thomas Byrnes
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- John larson invents this tool for investigators
- First time in history cimes against umamity
- first uniformed professional police force
- Conan doyle publishes a novel about science to solve crimes
- First person convicted of rape from DNA
- Any act to legal code or laws
- Rule made from the Roman Empire
13 Clues: Chinese the first to use • Any act to legal code or laws • Rule made from the Roman Empire • New York City inspector Thomas Byrnes • First person convicted of rape from DNA • first uniformed professional police force • First time in history cimes against umamity • Law codes written for the Athens and Greece • John larson invents this tool for investigators • ...
The paper of time 2025-09-02
12 Clues: active • to think • creative • athletic • tiny fish • not closed • nom nom nom • best food ever • made for thinking • not public school • baby ____ do do do do • computers, phones, iPads
Criminal Justice Crossword 2022-03-23
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- Multiple prison sentences, added together and served as one long sentence
- Discouraging offenders from reoffending
- These kinds of witnesses can give evidence with special arrangements
- This person decides the sanction
- Safeguarding the community from criminals
- Overcoming the issues that cause criminals to commit crimes
- Negative consequences that provide community retribution
- The rate of reoffending
- Legal Practitioners who work closely with clients
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- The removal of an offender's liberty
- This group decide the verdict in indictable cases
- The process of deciding what sanction should be applied
- Flexible conditions of a CCO, tailored to suit an offender
- Multiple prison sentences served at the same time
- An accused has a right to a trial without this kind of delay
- Offenders can complete this activity in prison
- Condemning the behaviour of the accused
- This can be accessed in prison to help rehabilitation
- Conditions of a CCO for all offenders
- A monetary penalty
- A reason for a court hierarchy
21 Clues: A monetary penalty • The rate of reoffending • A reason for a court hierarchy • This person decides the sanction • The removal of an offender's liberty • Conditions of a CCO for all offenders • Condemning the behaviour of the accused • Discouraging offenders from reoffending • Safeguarding the community from criminals • Offenders can complete this activity in prison • ...
CRIMINAL LAW DEFINITIONS 2014-04-23
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- guilty act
- exchange of innocent assumption for promise by prosecution
- the process of reentering society following criminal activity
- pre-trial court appearance where accused must enter a plea
- first filed court document outlining crown's case
- less serious crime
- municipal statutes governing less serious offences
- request by defence to have crown show why an accused is being held in custody
- initial assumption of accused under law
- type of sentencing factor in favour of defendant
- reason to commit a crime
- justice system targeting goups by race
- means measures outside of court/jail
- necessity to prove accused is guilty of criminal offence
- acting to protect oneself from harm
- crown questions its own witness for a second time
- first line of witness questioning
- forced unwillingly to commit a crime
- mistakenly found guilty
- issued by judge after arrest to ensure court appearance
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- tries all indictable offences
- volunteer work to repay society for crime committed
- committin a crime while under uncontrollable physical conditions
- absolution of crime with no record or conditions
- occurs when jury unable to reach unanimous decision
- encouraging perpetrator without actual physical assistance
- defence lawyer questions crown's witnesses
- found to be not guilty due to extenuating circumstances such as mental illness
- retribution
- may be prosecuted as indictable or summary on crown's discretion
- crime of a more serious nature
- compensation for the victim
- laws and procedures related to crimes by those 12-17 years old
- taking every reasonable precaution to avoid committing an offence
- guilty mind
- matching science and crime scene investigation
- grant of judicial authority to arrest or search
- final decision in criminal cases
38 Clues: guilty act • retribution • guilty mind • less serious crime • mistakenly found guilty • reason to commit a crime • compensation for the victim • tries all indictable offences • crime of a more serious nature • final decision in criminal cases • first line of witness questioning • acting to protect oneself from harm • means measures outside of court/jail • ...
Criminal Crossword Collective 2023-03-20
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- The Fire Belly
- The party possesses too many of these pointed things
- A defence against the horror
- Human-centric nation with deep seated prejudice
- The smell in the air when someone has died
- Eyes for the blind
- An expedition and exploration team who investigate unexplored areas
- The Son in the Sky
- The Flying Snake
- Shark of the Shadow Reef
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- The greatest threat to this world
- Warriors who battle the Horrors
- Coutal who abandoned their kin
- A curse of hunger
- Mode of transportation
- Residents of the Sekainohate
- Grants the right to rule
- Prolific capitalist business empire with multiple chains worldwide
- Snakes are made up of a head and a...
- One of Helga's Children
- Individuals who have the ability to tap into memories, they are referred to as 'REM ______'
21 Clues: The Fire Belly • The Flying Snake • A curse of hunger • Eyes for the blind • The Son in the Sky • Mode of transportation • One of Helga's Children • Grants the right to rule • Shark of the Shadow Reef • A defence against the horror • Residents of the Sekainohate • Coutal who abandoned their kin • Warriors who battle the Horrors • The greatest threat to this world • ...
Criminal Justice Essentials 2022-12-02
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- penal method of the 19th century in which persons worked during the day and were kept in solitary confinement at night
- a document issued by a judge or magistrate that authorizes the police to take someone accused of a crime into custody
- the temporary holding of individuals accused of federal crimes or those awaiting sentence or deportation
- a document that authorizes the surveillance of a particular activity, including a specific time period and any other requirements necessary
- a technique to gather the unique pattern on the tip of peoples fingertips in order to connect them to a crime or book them
- the action of causing something.
- infromation that is remote in time, or simply old
- action or conduct which is a constituent element of a crime, as opposed to the mental state of the accused
- a written statement confirmed by oath or affirmation for use as evidence in court
- to require by authority to leave a country
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- the process of asking a person(s) repetitive questions in order to get information
- the state of being responsible for something, especially by law.
- the intention or knowledge of wrongdoing that constitutes part of a crime, as opposed to the action or conduct of the accused.
- used in determining the legality of a police officers decision to perform a search
- the act of delivering back to the court a writ, notice, or other paper which a sheriff, constable, or other paper ministerial officer was required to serve a party to the lawsuit
- where decisions are based on all available information rather than bright line rules
- a house of correction for persons guilty of minor law violations
- the relocation of convicted criminals, or other persons regarded as undesirable, to a distant place, often a colony, for a specified term
- when the police take a person into custody, on suspicion they have committed a felony crime
- a search conducted by law enforcement personnel when they lawfully arrest a suspected criminal
20 Clues: the action of causing something. • to require by authority to leave a country • infromation that is remote in time, or simply old • the state of being responsible for something, especially by law. • a house of correction for persons guilty of minor law violations • a written statement confirmed by oath or affirmation for use as evidence in court • ...
Criminal Law Review 2020-03-30
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- A VIOLATION OF A LAW THAT IS NOT PUNISHED BY IMPRISONMENT BUT INSTEAD IS SANCTIONED BY A FINE WITH A MAXIMUM OF $250
- ALLOWS FOR CHECKS ON ARBITRARY IMPRISONMENT AND RELEASE FOR UNJUSTIFIED/ILLEGAL DETENTION
- WHEN EVIDENCE IS VALID ON ITS FACE OR BASED ON THE EVIDENCE AND THE ELEMENTS ARE ALL THERE FOR A CONVICTION
- ORIGINALLY REFERRING TO AN OATH TO TELL THE TRUTH BY JURORS BUT NOW IS REFERRED TO JURY SELECTION
- THE ACT OF ASKING A PERSON TO COMMIT OR JOIN IN A CRIME
- STATE LAW IS CONSIDERED SUPERIOR TO LOCAL LAW ON THE SAME SUBJECT MATTER
- GOVERNMENTAL CONDUCT THAT INFRINGES A PERSON'S LEGITIMATE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY
- TWO OR MORE PEOPLE AGREE TO COMMIT ANY CRIME AND AT LEAST ONE COMMITS AN OVERT ACT
- CRIMINAL ACTS WHICH ARE CONSIDERED TO BE WRONG OR EVIL IN THEMSELVES
- A TEST APPLIED TO DETERMINE WHETHER A PERSON ACCUSED OF A CRIME WAS SANE AT THE TIME OF ITS COMMISSION
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- THE COURT'S LEGAL AUTHORITY TO HEAR THE CASE
- APPLIES TO THE ABILITY TO FORM INTENT TO COMMIT A CRIME AND MAY BE CONSIDERED ONLY FOR SENTENCING PURPOSES
- IF A PEACE OFFICER IN CA USES INDUCEMENTS THAT WOULD CAUSE A NORMALLY-LAW-ABIDING PERSON TO COMMIT A CRIME
- THE PRINCIPAL THAT BINDS COURTS TO STAN BY PRIOR DECISIONS AND TO NOT DISTURB SETTLED POINTS OF LAW
- RECEIVING/GIVING ANYTHING OF VALUE TO A CERTAIN CLASS OF PERSONS WITH SPECIFIC INTENT FOR CORRUPT INFLUENCE
- REFERRING TO A COURT'S GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
- TESTIMONY AT A TRIAL AGAINST A CO-PRINCIPAL MUST BE CORROBORATED BY THIS KIND OF PERSON
- ONE WHO AIDS, ABETS, ADVISES AND/OR ENCOURAGES THE ACTUAL PERPETRATOR IN A CRIME
- KNOWINGLY MAKING FALSE ORAL/WRITTEN STATEMENTS UNDER OATH
- WHEN AN ACT OR OMISSION IS DECLARED BY STATUTE TO BE A PUBLIC OFFENSE AND NO PENALTY IS PRESCRIBED IN ANY STATUTE
- A PERSON WHO BRINGS A CASE AGAINST ANOTHER IN A COURT OF LAW
- A PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY HARBORS AND CONCEALS A FELON
22 Clues: THE COURT'S LEGAL AUTHORITY TO HEAR THE CASE • REFERRING TO A COURT'S GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION • A PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY HARBORS AND CONCEALS A FELON • THE ACT OF ASKING A PERSON TO COMMIT OR JOIN IN A CRIME • KNOWINGLY MAKING FALSE ORAL/WRITTEN STATEMENTS UNDER OATH • A PERSON WHO BRINGS A CASE AGAINST ANOTHER IN A COURT OF LAW • ...
criminal justice process 2020-04-10
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- refers to factors that increases the severity of a criminal act, leads to harsher penalty
- an arrangement between a prosecutor and a defendant whereby the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge in the expectation of leniency
- a judge's order to law enforcement officers to arrest and bring to jail a person charged with a crime
- the legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime
- written statement confirmed for use as evidence in court
- an exception from the 4th amendment's warrant requirement that allows an officer to seize evidence and contraband that are found in plain view during a lawful observation
- security given to a court by/ on behalf of one accused of committing a crime
- pretrial release of a defendant from jail or arrest by a judicial officer without bail
- the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense
- a criminal defendant is formally advised of the charges against them
- a legal document authorizing a police officer or other official to enter and search premises
- the police department registers/ enters charges against a person believed to have violated the law
- after a criminal complaint has been filed by the prosecutor to determine whether there is enough evidence to require a trial
- a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
- release of a prisoner temporarily or permanently before the completion of a sentence, on the promise of good behavior
- act of setting a punishment for someone that "fits the crime"
- is the offense of being disobedient/ disrespectful toward a court of law and its officers in the form of behavior that defies the authority, justice, and dignity of the court
- to support/ strengthen with other evidence to make more certain
- a large group of citizens empowered by the law to examine the validity of an accusation before trial
- the restoration of former rights, authority, or abilities
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- is a writ issued by a government agency, usually a court, to compel testimony by a witness or production of evidence under a penalty for failure
- created to help prevent corruption in the justice sector
- a police officer has the right to briefly detain a suspect for investigatory purposes and frisk the outside of their clothing for weapons but not drugs
- happens after the preliminary hearing, arguments made by both teams that certain evidence should be kept out of trial and certain people can not testify
- outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, or gender
- being forced or coerced to testify against oneself, prohibited by the 5th amendment
- officially granted exemption from legal proceedings
- a principle of sentencing a person guilty of a crime which ensures the punishment is sufficient to deter the guilty person
- given by police to criminal suspects to remind them of their right to remain silent and consult an attorney
- questioning of a detained person by the police in connection with a criminal investigation
- reasonable grounds for making a search or pressing charges
- ask questions of someone closely, aggressively, or formally
- one of the functions of punishment, involves capital punishment sending an offender to prison or restricting their freedom in the community, to protect society, and prevent them committing more crimes
- the policing practice of stopping a person briefly in order to search them for weapons or prohibited items
- property that is illegal to to process or transport
35 Clues: a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime • officially granted exemption from legal proceedings • property that is illegal to to process or transport • created to help prevent corruption in the justice sector • written statement confirmed for use as evidence in court • the restoration of former rights, authority, or abilities • ...
Criminal Justice Crossword 2020-10-01
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- the release of an offender from detention, subject to a period of good behavior under supervision
- Law, the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs.
- , Federal Bureau of Investigation
- an action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law.
- Cause, probable cause is the standard by which police authorities have reason to obtain a warrant for the arrest of a suspected criminal
- law, the law as established by the outcome of former cases.
- seize (someone) by legal authority and take into custody
- a person who has committed a crime.
- , a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed or while awaiting trial
- the release of a prisoner temporarily (for a special purpose) or permanently before the completion of a sentence, on the promise of good behavior
- , a public official appointed to decide cases in a court of law
- entry into a building illegally with intent to commit a crime, especially theft.
- an opportunity to state one's case
- a crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death.
- , a person who acts on behalf of another person or group.
- a feeling or thought that something is possible, likely, or true
- theft of personal property
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- , the temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on condition that a sum of money be lodged to guarantee their appearance in court.
- a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.
- a nonindictable offense, regarded in the US (and formerly in the UK) as less serious than a felony
- the action or process of correcting something.
- , the civil force of a national or local government, responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order.
- having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs.
- law, a system of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes.
- the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid
- a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court
- Reus, action or conduct which is a constituent element of a crime, as opposed to the mental state of the accused.
- an accusation, typically one formally made against a prisoner brought to trial.
- declare the punishment decided for (an offender)
- appearance, When a defendant appears before a judge within a certain number of hours of an arrest in order for the the judge to determine if there is probable cause for the arrest
30 Clues: theft of personal property • , Federal Bureau of Investigation • an opportunity to state one's case • a person who has committed a crime. • the action or process of correcting something. • declare the punishment decided for (an offender) • a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime. • seize (someone) by legal authority and take into custody • ...
Criminal Justice Terms 2022-08-23
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- to lie under oath
- a hearing where a person is formally hear their charges and get their plea
- a lawyers final opportunity in trial to explain to the judge and jury why they should win the case
- unintentionally causing the death of another person
- fairness in all legal matters, both civil and criminal
- when someone who loses in court asks for a higher court
- an uncompleted trial
- the power or the right of the court to interpret or apply a law
- when a person is held in a state for a crime that happened in the state
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- a lawyers first opportunity to address the jury in a trial
- another way to explain an attorney
- intentional killing with no prior intent to kill
- the judge listens and hears arguments from both prosecution and defendant
- officers must have a reason before detaining someone
- malicious intent to kill but not premeditated
- no other reasonable evidence to prove someone is guilty
- unlawfully seized evidence cannot be used in the court
- considering a fair case without choosing a side
- sentencing someone to death for a more serious crime and carrying out with that sentence
- another word for someone who is in jail
20 Clues: to lie under oath • an uncompleted trial • another way to explain an attorney • another word for someone who is in jail • malicious intent to kill but not premeditated • considering a fair case without choosing a side • intentional killing with no prior intent to kill • unintentionally causing the death of another person • ...
Criminal Appeals Process 2023-12-09
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- Examination of lower court decisions by a higher court. (2 words)
- Order for a lower court to send records for review. (3 words)
- Time limit for filing an appeal after conviction. (3 words)
- Formal document initiating the appeal process. (3 words)
- Authority of a higher court to hear an appeal. (2 words)
- Party initiating the appeal, usually the convicted defendant. (2 words)
- Formal request or proposal made by attorneys during the appeal. (1 word)
- Anonymous and unanimous appellate court decision. (3 words)
- Protection against being tried twice for the same offense. (2 words)
- Establishing a new legal principle through an appellate decision. (2 words)
- Basis or reasons for initiating the appeal. (1 word)
- Written document presenting legal arguments in the appeal. (2 words)
- Sending a case back to the lower court for further proceedings. (1 word)
- Formal objection or opposition raised during the appeal process. (1 word)
- Established criteria or measure used in assessing lower court decisions. (2 words)
- Legal remedy sought after a conviction. (3 words)
- Mistake in the legal process leading to an unfair trial. (2 words)
- Outcome and decision by the appellate court. (1 word)
- Mistake in law or procedure during the lower court trial. (2 words)
- Evaluation of lower court decisions for errors or legal issues. (2 words)
- Legal action challenging the lawfulness of imprisonment. (2 words)
- Spoken presentation of legal arguments during the appeal. (2 words)
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- Systematic steps followed during the criminal appeals process. (2 words)
- Prohibition of unlawfully obtained evidence in the trial. (2 words)
- Criteria used by the appellate court to assess lower court decisions. (3 words)
- Release of the defendant during the appeal process. (3 words)
- Breach of constitutional rights during the lower court trial. (2 words)
- Claim of inadequate legal representation during the trial. (2 words)
- Systematic steps for reviewing and challenging a criminal conviction. (3 words)
- Higher court's agreement with the lower court decision. (2 words)
- Written explanation of the higher court's decision. (2 words)
- Attorneys providing advocacy and defense during the appeal. (2 words)
- Security required for the defendant's release pending appeal. (2 words)
- Higher court responsible for reviewing lower court decisions. (2 words)
- Intentional relinquishment of the right to raise an issue on appeal. (1 word)
35 Clues: Legal remedy sought after a conviction. (3 words) • Basis or reasons for initiating the appeal. (1 word) • Outcome and decision by the appellate court. (1 word) • Formal document initiating the appeal process. (3 words) • Authority of a higher court to hear an appeal. (2 words) • Time limit for filing an appeal after conviction. (3 words) • ...
Criminal Justice Terminology 2023-09-26
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- Systems focused on the protection of private property and people from assault, theft, vandalism, fire, etc
- Legal judgment statin person accused of a crime has been found guilty
- Canine (dog)
- Process in which someone’s probation or parole is recalled because they failed to comply with the terms of release
- Formal statement made by defendant stating guilt or innocence in response to a charge
- Release of a prisoner from imprisonment, but not from legal custody and supervision
- Trial deemed invalid because of a fundamental error in procedure
- Request by defense or prosecution to have a higher court resolve a dispute with a decision
- Prohibited item or substance which is smuggled into a correctional facility
- Facts and circumstances providing reasonable justification for a seizure, search or warrant
- Protest or argument made by the opposing party
- person less than 18yrs old
- staff Uniformed staff in a correctional facility who have law enforcement powers
- When a defendant represents themselves rather than a defense attorney
- Process of determining type of housing and programing access for an inmate by assessing risks
- Person on parole who fails to report to their parole officer
- Dead On Arrival
- A person who is incarcerated while awaiting trial for an alleged crime
- Individual convicted of a crime and in custody of a jail or prison
- Reduction of the sentence of a convicted criminal
- service Performance of labor or services in the public’s interest without pay as required by a sentence
- Elected chief officer of a county law enforcement agency
- Money provided as a condition of release
- Agreement between two ir more people to commit a crime
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- System of agencies and practices established by government to uphold social order, deter, and mitigate crime and impose penalties on those who violate laws
- Systems which interpret and apply law
- Program in which inmates are permitted to be employed or participate in educational programs, but must return to the facility at the end of each workday
- Method of Operation or signature
- Entering a property or room with the intent to steal items from the premises
- systems which interpret and apply laws by Verifying evidence and facts of cases Making decisions regarding fault and punishment
- Sentencing option which the convicted offender is required to fulfill conditions
- Theft of property from a person using force or the threat of force
- Formal accusation filed by prosecution
- Gunshot Residue
- Behavior accompanying a crime which increases its intensity or adds to its consequences beyond what is necessary for the commission of the crime itself
- deducted from an inmate’s incarceration sentence for good behavior
- Officer of the law responsible for investigating crimes
- Written order issued by a judge directing an officer to perform an arrest, search or seizure
- Court order requiring a person to appear in court to give testimony or provide evidence
- Staff within a correctional facility who have no law enforcement authority
- A person who is not the chief offender but is involved in some way (accomplice)
- Systems which enforce the law
- Procedure in which the prosecutor and defense attorney picks a jury
- sentence Prison terms for two or more convictions
- Sworn testimony of a witness taken out
- Admission of enough facts to establish guilt of a particular crime
- Systems responsible for the punishment and supervision of convicted criminals
- Legal judgment stating a person accused of a crime cannot be found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
- Unlawful killing of a person by another; includes murder and manslaughter
- When a court official disqualifies or withdraws themselves from a case due to questions regarding bias
50 Clues: Canine (dog) • Gunshot Residue • Dead On Arrival • person less than 18yrs old • Systems which enforce the law • Method of Operation or signature • Systems which interpret and apply law • Formal accusation filed by prosecution • Sworn testimony of a witness taken out • Money provided as a condition of release • Protest or argument made by the opposing party • ...
Criminal Justice Terms 2024-08-08
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- those who enforce the laws
- term for “not allowed”
- highly addictive pain killer
- Special Weapons and Tactics
- those in charge of protecting the president
- the branch who enforces laws
- Ate and raped his victims
- The clown killer
- First Ten Amendments
- Petty offense
- the branch who is in charge of the courts
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- what comes out of a gun at high velocity
- what carries the bullet
- term for killing someone
- the branch that drafts laws
- Blood Alcohol Content
- what ignites the bullet
- popular illegal stimulant drug
- The worst classification of a crime
- Driving Under the Influence
- popular illegal drug
21 Clues: Petty offense • The clown killer • popular illegal drug • First Ten Amendments • Blood Alcohol Content • term for “not allowed” • what carries the bullet • what ignites the bullet • term for killing someone • Ate and raped his victims • those who enforce the laws • the branch that drafts laws • Special Weapons and Tactics • Driving Under the Influence • highly addictive pain killer • ...
Criminal Justice Terms 2024-08-09
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- Collection of information that is organized
- Process of questioning a witness in a trial to show the witness shouldn't be valued as a witness
- Relating to biology or living organisms
- A sworn body of people gathered to decide an impartial verdict of guilt or innocence
- Documented list of every person handling evidence after it was obtained from a crime scene
- Every type of proof legally presented in trial
- To make worse or more severe, to intensify
- The diameter dimension of a bullet or the barrel of a firearm
- Items that are illegal or prohibited
- Flammable chemical compound contained within a hollow tube that when ignited, gives off light
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- Deoxyribosenucleic acid, blueprint of all living things
- In Arizona, 3 classes of crimes that could result in jail time and/or fines
- information that is a secret or is intended to remain secret
- A database containing digital information on fingerprint data
- Personnel Responsible for two-way communication between field units
- London Police Officers
- Violent meeting of two objects where one is a vehicle
- Enforce federal laws on drug manufacture, sale, transfer, and use
- An event that causes unintentional injury
- In Arizona, 6 classes of crimes that require imprisonment
20 Clues: London Police Officers • Items that are illegal or prohibited • Relating to biology or living organisms • An event that causes unintentional injury • To make worse or more severe, to intensify • Collection of information that is organized • Every type of proof legally presented in trial • Violent meeting of two objects where one is a vehicle • ...
Revision: Criminal Law 2023-10-25
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- The conditio sine qua non test determines what type of causation?
- This person allegedly committed a crime.
- Children over 10, but less than 14 years are ____ presumed to lack criminal capacity.
- This case changed the common law definition of rape.
- This person presides over a trial.
- This type of ground of justification is when a person subjectively believes that they are acting lawfully, but the are not.
- This theory of punishment focuses on the crime, harm caused and the person.
- The test for private defence is ______.
- After determining that particular act complies with the definitional requirements, this has to be established.
- The will to commit the act or cause the result set out in the definitional elements of the crime, in the knowledge of the circumstances rendering such act or result unlawful.
- This determine whether the conduct of the accused complies with the elements of the crime or whether the accused had a defence/ground of justification for their conduct
- Criminal law forms part of _____ law.
- An example of an absolute theory of punishment.
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- A person is convicted of this charge if they, without intention, killed a person.
- What kind of power does the State possess?
- The degree of force used in the grounds of justification used as a defence must be ____.
- This is usually immaterial where crimes committed are concerned.
- All rights are not _____.
- This person reports a crime to the police.
- This determines the blameworthiness of a person's conduct.
- An example of a specific crime in common law.
- This type of relative compulsion may bring about what defence?
- The _____ investigate the crime in terms of our criminal law, criminal procedure and law of evidence
- These are not punishable.
- This determines if conduct is punishable by law.
- In South Africa, everyone is entitled to be presumed ____.
- This principle directs courts to interpret definition of crimes narrowly.
27 Clues: All rights are not _____. • These are not punishable. • This person presides over a trial. • Criminal law forms part of _____ law. • The test for private defence is ______. • This person allegedly committed a crime. • What kind of power does the State possess? • This person reports a crime to the police. • An example of a specific crime in common law. • ...
Criminal & Civil Law 2024-12-03
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- Laws made by parliament in Australia.
- The standard of proof required in a criminal trial.
- Refers to the person responsible for proving a case; they must collect enough evidence to prove their case.
- These are things that everyone must follow; they aim to protect the community from harm.
- An individual's rights have been violated.
- An act or omission committed by a person which is against the law.
- Everyone is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
- A case that established the tort of negligence; the snail in the bottle case.
- A group of Members of Parliament (MPs) whose job is to inquire into issues that are important and report back to Parliament.
- The term used to describe how judges make law; they must follow the decisions of previous, like cases.
- Refers to the age at which a person can be held criminally responsible for their actions.
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- The standard of proof required in a civil trial.
- The amount of evidence necessary to prove a case in a court of law.
- The person who is charged with a crime.
- Laws made by judges and courts in Australia.
- A qualified individual who legally represents a case in court.
- The legal representative that acts on behalf of the State and the Police force.
- The injured party in a civil matter.
- The act of including yourself in the government’s system.
- The person being sued in a civil action; alleged to be responsible for the injury to the plaintiff.
20 Clues: The injured party in a civil matter. • Laws made by parliament in Australia. • The person who is charged with a crime. • An individual's rights have been violated. • Laws made by judges and courts in Australia. • The standard of proof required in a civil trial. • The standard of proof required in a criminal trial. • ...
Criminal Investigation Review 2025-02-10
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- to make worse or more severe, to intensify
- Evidence that links a group of people
- the diameter of a bullet
- Medical examination of a deceased body
- Taking into custody
- money put up to secure the release of a person
- the 6th king of the 1st Babylonian Dynasty
- responsible for two-way communication
- In Arizona, 6 classes of crimes
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- a scratch or dent made when the cartridge is expelled
- list of every person touching evidence
- Legal ratification of the U.S. Constitution
- giving a judicial ruling
- a place for lawful confinement of people waiting for their trial
- a broken bone
- A 10 step process of listening
- A plea of a criminal defendant
- the first 10 amendments
- Application to a higher court
- a progressive mental condition
20 Clues: a broken bone • Taking into custody • the first 10 amendments • giving a judicial ruling • the diameter of a bullet • Application to a higher court • A 10 step process of listening • A plea of a criminal defendant • a progressive mental condition • In Arizona, 6 classes of crimes • Evidence that links a group of people • responsible for two-way communication • ...
Criminal Justice System 2025-04-29
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- the court will release him on bail.
- the Domestic violence.
- accomplice is usually present when the crime is committed.
- assault covers any attempt someone makes to bring harm to another individual.
- xavier was arrested for killing his mother.
- the accused is taken into custody.
- arraignment where the details of the charge.
- you have the right to remain silent.
- the defendant is sentenced to 7 years in prison.
- the teacher is under investigation for carrying substances in his car.
- the evidence of the crime was not sufficient.
- A group of people who are selected to determine the verdict.
- students are using a lot of drugs.
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- jury finds a defendant not guilty of a crime.
- a child was found under the influence of substances.
- a court ordered warrant for arrest.
- the person accused of a crime.
- the prosecutor requests a severe sentence.
- you have the right to have a lawyer.
- the judge renders a verdict of guilty.
- the case against the defendant begins today.
- the crime was found.
- Driving under the influence.
- They accused me of stealing.
- a serial killer is in my city.
- the witness does not want to talk.
26 Clues: the crime was found. • the Domestic violence. • Driving under the influence. • They accused me of stealing. • the person accused of a crime. • a serial killer is in my city. • the accused is taken into custody. • the witness does not want to talk. • students are using a lot of drugs. • the court will release him on bail. • a court ordered warrant for arrest. • ...
Criminal Justice Crossword 2025-05-01
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- The first step to proper handcuffing
- A ranking of power within an organization or community
- Somebody who has more experience or has been around longer than you
- The "Special Weapons and Tactics" unit
- A weapon carried by most law enforcement officers
- A violation of a law
- An informal name of the place one must study at in order to become an officer of the law
- An individually assigned area for a police officer to survey during a shift
- The material of the badges originally worn by officers of the law
- Someone who saw heard or experienced a crime happen before them
- The name of special dogs that are used by officers of the law to assist them in executing certain tasks
- The most widely renowned and acknowledged color or law enforcement
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- Government entity authorized to resolve legal disputes
- A plead in the court of law of a witness confirming that something happened
- Rules that are put in place by the legislative branch of the government to keep society in check
- _______ Rights
- An organization of police officers that control an area
- The position of one who has authority over an entire department of officers
- "You have the right to ______ silent!"
- Permission for an officer of the law to take a specific action
- The name of the man who established the first modern police force
- Somebody who investigates crimes
- A name originated from the copper badges they wore
- Permission given voluntarily for someone to do something involving someone else
- A mechanism that will keep suspects in their handcuffs once they are put on
25 Clues: _______ Rights • A violation of a law • Somebody who investigates crimes • The first step to proper handcuffing • "You have the right to ______ silent!" • The "Special Weapons and Tactics" unit • A weapon carried by most law enforcement officers • A name originated from the copper badges they wore • Government entity authorized to resolve legal disputes • ...
Criminal Justice Terminology 2025-08-28
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- child protective services
- A pattern of behavior typical to a particular offender committing a specific crime
- justice The system of agencies and practices established by governments to uphold social order, deter and mitigate crime, and impose penalties on those who violate laws.
- causing bodily harm or offensive physical contact
- officer of the law responsible for investigating crimes (rather than patrolling or responding)
- delinquent A juvenile who habitually violates the law
- overdose
- be on the lookout; similar to APB
- suspicion Facts and circumstances justifying a brief stop or detention; LESS THAN Probable Cause, but more than a hunch or mere speculation
- entering a property or room with the intent to steal items from the premises
- last known address
- process by which a state or nation transfers custody of an individual for prosecution or punishment
- combined DNA index system
- a more thorough examination for evidence, typically requiring a warrant or probable cause
- cause facts and circumstances providing reasonable justification for a seizure, search, or warrant
- also know as
- assault with a dangerous/deadly weapon
- behavior accompanying a crime which increases its intensity or adds to its consequences beyond what is necessary for the commission of the crime itself
- date of birth
- gunshot residue
- International Criminal Police Organization
- driving under the influence
- Modus Operandi (Method of Operation)
- admission of enough facts to establish guilt of a particular crime
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- leagally defined area an agency has control over
- social security number
- unlawful killing of a person WITHOUT malice
- dead on arrival
- An agreement between two or more people to commit a crime
- a person who is not the chief offender but is involved in some way; accomplice or abettor
- theft of property from a person using force or the threat of force
- unlawful killing of a person WITH malice
- written order issued by a judge
- action lawsuit brought to redress a private issue (as opposed to a crime)
- the unlawful killing of a person by another person; includes murder and manslaughter
- blood alcohol concentration
- a person less than 18 years old
- deliberately and illegally setting fire to a property (arson is never an accident)
- breaking and entering
- canine (dog)
- private investigator
- confidential information
- all-points bulletin; similar to BOLO
- elected chief officer of a county law enforcement agency
- Special Weapons and Tactics
- area an officer is assigned to patrol
- enforcement Consists of systems which enforce the law by: deterring law violations, discovering law violations,apprehending and detaining individuals who violate laws
- Assistant Attorney General
- of limitation a restriction of setting the period of time allowed to elapse between the occurrence of a crime and the filing of a lawsuit or criminal prosecution
- substance drug or substance regulated by federal or state law
- voluntary acknowledgement of certain facts
- arresting officer
- driving while intoxicated/impaired
- up officers who assist first responders
- "limited" protected search for weapons, of a person, consisting of a patdown of the outer clothing
55 Clues: overdose • canine (dog) • also know as • date of birth • dead on arrival • gunshot residue • arresting officer • last known address • private investigator • breaking and entering • social security number • confidential information • child protective services • combined DNA index system • Assistant Attorney General • blood alcohol concentration • Special Weapons and Tactics • ...
Criminal justice crossword 2025-09-19
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- → A white-collar crime involving deception for financial gain.
- → Influence from others that can lead to crime.
- → Scientific methods used to solve crimes, like fingerprints and DNA.
- → First used as evidence in 1987 to convict a criminal in the U.S.
- → Organized crime group often associated with racketeering.
- → First used by the Chinese (700 AD) to identify individuals.
- → A crime against property involving deliberate fire-setting.
- → Famous 1995 Los Angeles trial that blurred crime and entertainment.
- → Ancient empire where laws were enforced by military authority.
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- → The process by which criminal conduct is investigated and addressed.
- → A common cause of criminal behavior due to lack of resources.
- → The unlawful killing of another person.
- → A crime against a person involving physical attack.
- → Harsh Roman punishment used as a deterrent for crime.
- → Any act that violates laws or legal codes.
- → U.S. document (1787–1791) describing government powers and citizens’ rights.Police → First full-time professional force established in London in 1824.
- → 1886 book of criminal photos published in New York
- → U.S. Supreme Court case (1966) requiring suspects be read their rights.
- → First performed on Julius Caesar after his assassination in 44 BC.
- → White-collar crime involving theft of funds placed in one’s trust.
20 Clues: → The unlawful killing of another person. • → Any act that violates laws or legal codes. • → Influence from others that can lead to crime. • → 1886 book of criminal photos published in New York • → A crime against a person involving physical attack. • → Harsh Roman punishment used as a deterrent for crime. • ...
Criminal Justice Vocabulary 2025-10-30
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- – The lawyers who try to prove the defendant is not guilty.
- – When someone causes another person’s death without planning to.
- – When a trial is not completed or is declared invalid, often because of an error.
- – Responsible for committing a crime.
- – The final decision made by a jury or judge about guilt or innocence.
- – The lawyers who try to prove the defendant is guilty.
- – When someone is found not guilty and cleared of the charges.
- – Information or objects used in court to prove what happened.
- – Found innocent or not proven to have committed a crime.
- – A medical examination of a body to find out the cause of death.
- – The person who is harmed or affected by a crime.
- When someone is found guilty of a crime by a court.
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- – When a person who was convicted is proven innocent later.
- – A scientist who studies evidence from crimes, like fingerprints or DNA.
- – When someone causes a death by being very careless or reckless.
- – The most serious type of murder, which can be punished by death or life in prison.
- – A specialist in their field who gives professional knowledge or opinions in court.
- – The person accused of committing a crime in court.
- – When the police or court formally say someone is accused of a crime.
- – What a witness says in court about what they saw or know.
20 Clues: – Responsible for committing a crime. • – The person who is harmed or affected by a crime. • When someone is found guilty of a crime by a court. • – The person accused of committing a crime in court. • – The lawyers who try to prove the defendant is guilty. • – Found innocent or not proven to have committed a crime. • ...
Criminal Justice Crossword 2025-11-11
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- a type of offense punishable under criminal law
- a public official appointed to decide cases in a court of law
- a person guilty or convicted of a crime
- The party that defends itself against the plaintiff
- keep watch over an area, especially by guards or police
- the money or bond put up to secure the release of a person who has been charged with a crime
- defines what is good for the individual and for society
- a lawyer who conducts the case against a defendant in a criminal court
- The place where two parties go to argue over cases
- dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery
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- a person, especially a police officer, whose occupation is to investigate and solve crimes.
- Scene the place where an offense has been committed and forensic evidence may be gathered
- the search and discovery of information and the facts relating to a particular issue or incident
- a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
- individual who receives and processes emergency and non-emergency calls
- someone authorized to practice law
- people in uniform who protect, serve, and enforce laws
- forceful acts or behavior that are intended to cause harm
- This system aims to punish, rehabilitate, and treat individuals convicted of crimes, utilizing both institutional (prisons, jails) and community-based programs
- a formal examination of evidence before a judge, and typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings
20 Clues: someone authorized to practice law • a person guilty or convicted of a crime • a type of offense punishable under criminal law • The place where two parties go to argue over cases • The party that defends itself against the plaintiff • people in uniform who protect, serve, and enforce laws • keep watch over an area, especially by guards or police • ...
Ch.7 Criminal and Addictive Thinking Patterns 2025-02-13
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- Is only about the image of us we try to get others to see and believe.
- Criminal thinkers usually fear appearing weak and inadequate to anyone, even to nonthreatening people.
- The main feature of addictive thinking.
- Those of us with an addiction are ________-__________ and self-centered.
- We expect ourselves to do everything perfectly right away, without practice or failure.
- The truth is that our addiction is really the least unique thing about us. We actually have a very common disease that has clear symptoms, familiar thought and behavior patterns, and ___________ results.
- We will lie, cheat, steal, tell half-truths, and bed to get and continue using alcohol or other drugs.
- We convince ourselves that the world is out to get us, and we’re just victims of bad luck.
- ___________ thinking patterns fool us into thinking it’s okay to violate others or the property of others.
- We do this instead of thinking about the serious physical, mental, and legal consequences that can result.
- If we don’t feel good, we become ____________ with what can make us feel good again as soon as possible.
- We tend to live in the present or in the near future.
- As people who misuse substances, we aren’t looking to find the truth, we are only looking to ________ and excuse our single-minded search for the high.
- There’s a ________ to addiction as well. For example, the delusion that being addicted to alcohol isn’t as bad as being addicted to heroin.
- It’s power that’s used to manipulate, intimidate, humiliate, and dominate others for our own excitement and to get what we want.
- View ourselves as the victims first and allows us to blame others for the situations we’ve usually created for ourselves.
- Irrational thoughts lead to ___-__-_____ emotions and irrational behavior.
- As criminal and addictive thinkers, we adopt a stance out of ___________ or desperation.
- People with an addiction think their drug of choice is somehow better than other drugs.
- We may do almost anything we can to avoid responsible effort.
- ___________ thinking patterns fool us into thinking it’s okay to use alcohol and drugs as much as we want, as often as we want, and to do whatever we need to do to get them.
- We tend to recall only the positive actions we’ve taken and not the negative ones.
- Is about our moral strength.
- Because criminal thinking patterns and addictive thinking patterns are so much alike and often ________, we can work on changing both thinking patterns at the same time.
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- Involves viewing our motives as always “good” on some level.
- We’re afraid that if we really found out who we are, deep down, we might discover that we’re nothing.
- Because the obsession to feel good drives our thinking, it becomes ___________.
- We like to see ourselves as different and special.
- Habits of thought—thoughts a person uses so often that they just seem to come naturally.
- The unrealistic expectation that just because we think things should be a certain way, then that’s the way it actually will be.
- A _______ is a position we use to show ourselves to the world.
- Our mental health disorder may also _______ thinking patterns of its own.
- When we claim to be decent people and then follow that up with responsible behavior, that’s ________.
- Addictive thinking calls us to _____ anything that would suggest we need to stop using.
- When we fight, brag, refuse to admit we don’t know something, or believe our type of crime is better than the other guy’s type of crime.
- are thought patterns that hold us in check and prevent us from doing something.
- We have a distorted idea about which rights and property are ours and which belong to others.
- In most cases, the only differences between criminal thinking patterns and addictive thinking patterns are in the degree or in the particular ___________ the thinking takes us.
- We consider ourselves to be a good person, no matter what we do or how we act.
- Studies have shown that a person’s decision to commit most crimes occurs within ____ minutes of the crime itself.
- Our efforts to change one thinking pattern will ___________ our work on the other.
- When we’re constantly trying to get away with criminal activity, we’re always vulnerable to being exposed or caught. We’ve always got something to hide.
- These thoughts keep us uninterested in a lot of responsible behavior.
- Criminal and addictive thinkers often make excuses and try to __________ the harm they’ve done to others.
- Our thoughts focus on whether or not we feel _____.
- These thinkers think they aren’t unique or special, and are angry and want to victimize others.
- Most of us had powerful pleasure experiences with alcohol and other drugs when we first used, and our minds became _________ with repeating that experience.
- Criminal thinkers often like to pose as if they’re fearless.
- We may also create a romantic picture of ourselves by thinking we’re __________ or adventurous.
- Stances don’t come from inside us; they’re like masks or _________, they’re essentially fake.
50 Clues: Is about our moral strength. • The main feature of addictive thinking. • We like to see ourselves as different and special. • Our thoughts focus on whether or not we feel _____. • We tend to live in the present or in the near future. • Involves viewing our motives as always “good” on some level. • Criminal thinkers often like to pose as if they’re fearless. • ...
Chapter 8&9 2021-10-14
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- waiver is an action by the criminal court to transfer a direct file or statutory exclusion case from criminal court back to a juvenile court
- statements are statements usually written by the victims that inform the judge about the impact and consequences of the crime on the victim and their family.
- incapacitation uses the predictive tools and gives longer sentences as a result
- A citation by a judge against anyone in court who disrupts the proceedings or does anything to interfere with judicial decrees or pronouncements.
- are violations of criminal laws that is punishable by an incarcerative term of less than 1 year in city or country jails
- incapacitation is offense-based sentencing like mandatory minimum sentences.
- jurisdiction is the power to file charges in either criminal or juvenile courts
- report (known as a presentence investigation report in the adult system) is designed to furnish the judge with background information to aid the judge in making an informed sentencing decision
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- offenders have a prior record of delinquency or criminal behavior
- circumstances: Actions by the juveniles that tend to intensify the seriousness of their acts.
- circumstances: Factors that lessen the severity of the crime.
- hearings are the proceedings to determine whether juveniles should be certified as adults and transferred to criminal courts for more severe penalties
- offenders have no prior record, and it is assumed that this is their first offense
- are violations of criminal laws that are punishable by terms of imprisonment for 1 year or longer in state or federal prisons
- refers to out-of-home placement
- assessment is an element of a classification system and aids in determining the probability of reoffending
- assessments are instruments that measure an offender’s personal/social skills, health and well-being, emotional stability, educational level, vocational strengths and weaknesses, and drug/alcohol dependencies
- instruments can screen for initial institutional classification, security placement and inmate management, early release eligibility, level of supervision while on probation or parole.
18 Clues: refers to out-of-home placement • circumstances: Factors that lessen the severity of the crime. • offenders have a prior record of delinquency or criminal behavior • incapacitation is offense-based sentencing like mandatory minimum sentences. • incapacitation uses the predictive tools and gives longer sentences as a result • ...
CHAPTER #4 2014-12-21
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- A guilty (prohibited) act.
- A strict liability crime in which an adult engages in sexual act with a minor.
- Violence The act of willful neglect or physical violence that occurs within a cohabitant relationship.
- Failure to exercise the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise in similar circumstances.
- A test for the insanity defense stating a defendant who knew his or her action was wrong must establish that he or she was unable to resist the urge to commit the crime.
- The rules of law announced in court decisions
- An unlawful homicide that occurs during the commission of a felony.
- Rules that define the manner in which the rights and duties of individuals may be enforced.
- The facts surrounding a criminal event.
- Certain crimes, such as traffic violations, in which the defendant is guilty regardless of her or his state of mind at the time of the act.
- A defense in which the defendant claims that he or she was induced by a public official to commit a crime that he or she would otherwise not have committed.
- The legally recognized privilege to protect ones self or property from injury by another.
- The body of circumstances that must exist for a criminal act to have occurred.
- An excuse from criminal liability that asserts a lack of criminal responsibility.
- A provision in the Constitution that stated that the law must be carried out in a fair and orderly manner.
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- A common law test of criminal responsibility that relies on the defendants inability to distinguish right from wrong
- The body of law enacted by legislative bodies.
- Mental state, or intent.
- A defense against criminal liability in which the defendant asserts that circumstances required her or him to commit an illegal act.
- The act of taking substantial steps toward committing a crime while having the ability and the intent to commit the crime.
- The first ten amendments to the US Constitution.
- Law that defines the rights and duties of individuals with respect to one another.
- The state of being aware that a risk does or will exist that consciously disregards that risk.
- A test that states a person is not responsible for criminal behavior if he or she had no awareness of wrongdoing or was unable to control his or her actions.
- Offense Conduct deemed criminal without actual harm being done, provided that the harm that would have occurred is one the law tries to prevent.
- Neglecting or forgetting to do something that is required by law.
- A court decision that is used as a guidance for deciding a subsequent case with similar facts.
- A condition that excused young wrong-doers of criminal behavior because presumably they could not understand the consequences of their actions.
- The requirement that a person claiming self-defense prove that she or he first took reasonable steps to avoid the conflict that resulted in the use of deadly force.
- Latin for "after the fact", it refers to a law making a certain act illegal after that act was committed.
- Unlawful pressure brought to bear on a person, causing the person to perform an act that he or she would not otherwise perform.
- The constitutional requirement that laws used in accusing and convicting persons of crime.
- A defense for criminal liability in which the defendant claims that the taking of intoxicants rendered him or her unable to form the requisite intent to commit a criminal act.
- The body of law created by administrative agencies (in the form of rules, regulations, orders, and decisions) in order to carry out their duties.
- The provisions of the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the constitution that gaurantee that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or poverty without due process of law.
- A hearing to determine the culpability of a mentally ill individual, ordered on motion by the defendant or the attorney for the Government, or by the court.
- Law based on the US Constitution and the constitutions of the various states
- To assist legislatures in making an effort to update and standardize the penal law.
38 Clues: Mental state, or intent. • A guilty (prohibited) act. • The facts surrounding a criminal event. • The rules of law announced in court decisions • The body of law enacted by legislative bodies. • The first ten amendments to the US Constitution. • Neglecting or forgetting to do something that is required by law. • ...
Unit 5 - Criminal Law Review 2024-02-21
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- Criminal defense that the accused committed an act to save another in an emergency situation
- Taking or holding someone against their will
- Also known as blackmail, using threats or intimidation to get someone's property/money/possessions
- Also known as theft, this is the taking away of someone's property WITHOUT force
- A serious assault/battery where severity is increased with use of a weapon or serious injury
- The person who committed the act/crime
- Murder degree with malice, but not planned
- The deliberate and malicious burning of another' property
- Evidence to help prove that an accused person is innocent of the accused crime
- Crime of breaking and entering with intent to commit another crime
- The taking of property/money entrusted to someone by the victim
- __________ Doctrine that most states follow which grants homeowners the right to protect their home, family, and possessions when in danger
- Crime punishable by 2 years in prison or more
- Key element of crime; also known as state of mind
- Criminal defense that accused committed a crime unwillingly due to a threat to themselves or another
- Type of rape that is consensual and the victim is a minor
- Criminal defense establishing the accused didn't know right from wrong due to their state of mind
- Someone who helps a criminal before or after the crime, but is not at the scene
- Taking of goods from a store without paying for them
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- The failure to perform an act required by law is a Crime of ____________
- An element of the most serious degree of murder, this means to plan ahead
- unlawful physical contact without consent
- Party who willingly helps a criminal commit a crime at the scene
- Non-typical crime where 2 or more people plan to commit a crime
- Person to whom an act is done
- The specific intent to seriously injure or kill
- The taking of property from a person's immediate possession by force or with threats
- Criminal defense that a young child (usually single digits) is young enough to avoid criminal prosecution
- Non-typical crime where one urges or requests another to commit a crime
- Criminal defense that alleges a police officer convinced the accused to commit a crime
- Key element of crime; the reason WHY the act was committed
- Willful destruction or damage done to another's property
- Presenting a forged document as if it is a real document
- Degree of murder involving 3 key elements (most serious degree)
- Crime of threatening or attempting to harm someone
35 Clues: Person to whom an act is done • The person who committed the act/crime • unlawful physical contact without consent • Murder degree with malice, but not planned • Taking or holding someone against their will • Crime punishable by 2 years in prison or more • The specific intent to seriously injure or kill • Key element of crime; also known as state of mind • ...
JOBS 2014-04-09
15 Clues: fixes cars • milks cows • acts on TV • fixes pipes • fights fire • cooks meals • helps docors • drives a taxi • helps animals • operates people • member of police • minds the children • Builds houses and buildings • serves meals in a restaurant • helps people when something hurts
Juvenile Justice Chapter 8&9 2021-10-14
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- A citation by a judge against anyone in court who disrupts the proceedings or does anything to interfere with judicial decrees or pronouncements.
- statements are statements usually written by the victims that inform the judge about the impact and consequences of the crime on the victim and their family.
- waiver is an action by the criminal court to transfer a direct file or statutory exclusion case from criminal court back to a juvenile court
- circumstances: Actions by the juveniles that tend to intensify the seriousness of their acts.
- report (known as a presentence investigation report in the adult system) is designed to furnish the judge with background information to aid the judge in making an informed sentencing decision
- offenders have a prior record of delinquency or criminal behavior
- incapacitation uses the predictive tools and gives longer sentences as a result
- instruments can screen for initial institutional classification, security placement and inmate management, early release eligibility, level of supervision while on probation or parole.
- hearings are the proceedings to determine whether juveniles should be certified as adults and transferred to criminal courts for more severe penalties
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- refers to out-of-home placement
- circumstances: Factors that lessen the severity of the crime.
- are violations of criminal laws that are punishable by terms of imprisonment for 1 year or longer in state or federal prisons
- are violations of criminal laws that is punishable by an incarcerative term of less than 1 year in city or country jails
- incapacitation is offense-based sentencing like mandatory minimum sentences.
- assessments are instruments that measure an offender’s personal/social skills, health and well-being, emotional stability, educational level, vocational strengths and weaknesses, and drug/alcohol dependencies
- offenders have no prior record, and it is assumed that this is their first offense
- jurisdiction is the power to file charges in either criminal or juvenile courts
17 Clues: refers to out-of-home placement • circumstances: Factors that lessen the severity of the crime. • offenders have a prior record of delinquency or criminal behavior • incapacitation is offense-based sentencing like mandatory minimum sentences. • jurisdiction is the power to file charges in either criminal or juvenile courts • ...
Musik quiz 2023-08-21
Too Dear 2024-05-07
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- What did the criminal do to earn his living after his release in ‘Too Dear!’?
- Where was the criminal’s food fetched from?
- How many francs would it cost for the executioner and the guillotine machine according to France?
- A kind of tax levied on an individual.
- Changing the death sentence to life imprisonment would show the King in a different light.
- The French Government has no respect for the King because____.
- Name the commodities taxed in Monaco.
- Who forbade their rulers from making money?
- Who had to watch the criminal?
- Name the machine used to execute people.
- What is the currency of Monaco?
- Who is the author of ‘Too Dear’?
- A word that means total control of the business.
- Where did the criminal settle after emigrating?
- Which game do people play in the gaming house?
- Who will carry out the execution?
- What was the execution converted into?
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- Which kingdom in ‘Too Dear’ monopolized in the gaming business?
- How many francs would it cost for the executioner and the guillotine machine according to Italy?
- What was the total population of Monaco?
- The soldiers refused saying they were not ___.
- Monaco lies on the shore of ____.
- What was the main source of king’s revenue?
- How much pension did the criminal receive as an advance before leaving Monaco ?
- Who gains more from the gaming house?
- An official reception of guests in the morning.
- The people in despair would ____ or drown themselves.
- How much did the king spend annually to take care of the criminal?
- What was the first punishment decided for the murderer?
- The criminal refused to escape because they had ___ his character.
- The criminal agreed to go away from the prison after he was offered a _____.
- Which government is Republican and has no proper respect for the king in ‘Too Dear!’?
- How long did the prisoner remain in the prison?
- How many soldiers were in the army?
- 'The people won't stand it and it will cause a ____'
- What work was the guard given?
- Who according to the Council was a brother monarch in ‘Too Dear!’?
- The people of Monaco mentioned in ‘Too Dear!’ were ______.
38 Clues: Who had to watch the criminal? • What work was the guard given? • What is the currency of Monaco? • Monaco lies on the shore of ____. • Who is the author of ‘Too Dear’? • Who will carry out the execution? • How many soldiers were in the army? • Who gains more from the gaming house? • Name the commodities taxed in Monaco. • A kind of tax levied on an individual. • ...
Dealing With Doubt 2019-03-05
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- Jesus kept __________ with his doubting disciples.
- _________ makes us doubt God's acceptance of us.
- Lack of __________ makes our faith seem unreal.
- __________ sows lies in our minds to make us doubt.
- Doubts come in __________ types and sizes.
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- Christianity is a __________ agreement with God.
- People who are __________ are already halfway to unbelief.
- Doubt is being in two ___________.
8 Clues: Doubt is being in two ___________. • Doubts come in __________ types and sizes. • Lack of __________ makes our faith seem unreal. • Christianity is a __________ agreement with God. • _________ makes us doubt God's acceptance of us. • Jesus kept __________ with his doubting disciples. • __________ sows lies in our minds to make us doubt. • ...
Crime and punishment 2019-11-15
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- The rules a country demands its citizens follow, the breaking of which leads to punishment.
- intentions, Having the desire to deliberately cause suffering or harm to another.
- a form of punishment where a criminal is locked in a secure guarded building (prison) for a period of time.
- crime, A crime committed because of prejudice views about a person or group.
- Aim of punishment; getting the criminal back for their crimes.
- The concept of acting out of the greater good for the most people. (eg removing a dangerous criminal from society in order to protect others).
- The state of being without the things needed for a reasonable quality of life; can be a cause of crime.
- Taking something without the owner’s consent.
- Action which breaks the law; can be against the person (eg murder), against property (eg vandalism), or against the state (eg treason).
- Aim of punishment; the threat of punishment as a way to put a person off committing crime (eg knowing they could go to prison if they steal).
- Aim of punishment helping the criminal see how and why their behaviour was wrong, so that their mindset changes for the better.
- Letting go of blame against a person for wrongs they have done; moving on.
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- Being addicted to/dependent on a particular substance; can be a cause of crime (eg stealing money to pay for illegal drugs).
- A medical condition that can cause changes to a person’s behaviour; can be a cause of crime.
- Capital punishment; the execution of a criminal which is sanctioned by the state.
- Punishment in which physical pain is inflicted on the criminal.
- Belief that life is sacred/special because it was created by God, or because we are each unique individuals.
- A legal requirement within a society that is believed to be unfair; a cause of crime if a person believes they cannot follow (or must act against) a law they believe is unjust.
- The environment a child lives in, and the instructions they receive, while they are growing up; can be a cause of crime.
- Punishment involving the criminal doing a set number of hours of physical labour/work in their local community.
- Unlawfully killing another person.
- Reason for committing crime – wanting or desiring something or more of something.
22 Clues: Unlawfully killing another person. • Taking something without the owner’s consent. • Aim of punishment; getting the criminal back for their crimes. • Punishment in which physical pain is inflicted on the criminal. • Letting go of blame against a person for wrongs they have done; moving on. • ...
Judiciary Branch 2021-10-07
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- tract of public land
- trial court, cases of one person or group
- an attorney who represents the government in a criminal case
- not consistent with the constitution
- civil trial the person who brings the suit in court
- jurisdiction, what the case was originally heard
- unbiased
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- review, the power of supreme court to declare constitutional
- the set of rules by which society governs itself
- the person against whom a civil or criminal suit is brought in court
- martial, military court
- a group of citizens who hear evidence during a trial to give a verdict
- formal charge of criminal action by grand jury
- trial court, hears cases about crimes like burglary
- jury, group that hears charges to decide if there is enough evidence to bring charges
15 Clues: unbiased • tract of public land • martial, military court • not consistent with the constitution • trial court, cases of one person or group • formal charge of criminal action by grand jury • the set of rules by which society governs itself • jurisdiction, what the case was originally heard • civil trial the person who brings the suit in court • ...
Unit 1 Legal Studies 2025-06-07
Across
- A principle where everyone is treated the same before the law.
- The verdict when the accused is found responsible.
- A principle ensuring people understand their rights and can pursue them.
- The legal team that represents the accused.
- Level of certainty required to prove a criminal case.
- The party that brings a criminal case to court.
- REA The mental intention to commit a crime.
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- A delegated body that enforces laws.
- The obligation to prove the facts of the case.
- REUS The physical element of a crime.
- A principle ensuring just legal processes.
- A legal punishment given by a court.
- A program that avoids a criminal record for first-time offenders.
- A group of peers who determine guilt.
- The person harmed by a criminal act.
15 Clues: A delegated body that enforces laws. • A legal punishment given by a court. • The person harmed by a criminal act. • REUS The physical element of a crime. • A group of peers who determine guilt. • A principle ensuring just legal processes. • The legal team that represents the accused. • REA The mental intention to commit a crime. • ...
Revision crossword 2021-08-10
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- law, The kind of law that local governments operate under. Is a form of statute law.
- A person who commits a crime.
- A form of government with a queen, or king.
- A person who studies the law and can give you legal advice, particularly about common law.
- law, Law that governs disputes between individuals.
- A lack of care that results in harm that can be a crime and a tort.
- The Civil law version on a crime.
- Formalised customs.
- court, The highest federal court.
- The findings from old legal cases.
- General, The representative of the queen in Australia, our head of state.
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- A form of statute law that has been passed by the parliament.
- law, Law made by the parliament .
- law, The law that can result in criminal charges.
- Another word for the courts, the branch of government .
- Where common law is made.
- law, The law that comes about through the interpretation of the law.
- An action that breaks criminal law.
- Our system of government.
- Laws for laws.
- Betraying the country, can only be a crime not a tort.
21 Clues: Laws for laws. • Formalised customs. • Where common law is made. • Our system of government. • A person who commits a crime. • law, Law made by the parliament . • The Civil law version on a crime. • court, The highest federal court. • The findings from old legal cases. • An action that breaks criminal law. • A form of government with a queen, or king. • ...
Federal and Court System 2024-03-21
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- - a branch of government that interprets laws
- - a formal charging of someone with a crime
- - the authority of a court to be the first court to hear a case
- - an authorization by a court for police to make an arrest
- - a court involving disputes between to parties
- - the power of the supreme court to determine a presidential law
- - a group that hears the evidence in a criminal case
- - the governments side in a criminal case
- - a less serious crime
- - the authority of some courts to review decisions
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- - to assert something as valid or confirmed
- - a case where a person is accused for breaking a criminal law
- - a person or company filling a complaint
- - the basis of police must have an order to make an arrest
- - The decision of a judge or jury
- - The constitutional protection against unfair actions an laws
- - the authority to interpret and administer the law
- - A person accused of a crime in a criminal court case
- - The right of a convicted person to ask a higher court to review their case
- - a serious crime such as kidnaping or murder
20 Clues: - a less serious crime • - The decision of a judge or jury • - a person or company filling a complaint • - the governments side in a criminal case • - to assert something as valid or confirmed • - a formal charging of someone with a crime • - a branch of government that interprets laws • - a serious crime such as kidnaping or murder • ...
Crime Defined Crossword 2020-01-17
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- "bad because prohibited"
- simultaneous occurrence of criminal act and criminal intent
- factor which favors the accused and makes a lesser charge and/or sentence likely
- crime that is more serious than an infraction but less serious than a felony
- criminal act
- harmful result
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- "bad in itself"
- most serious type of crime
- factor which supports a more serious charge and/or stiffer penalty
- crime also known as a petty offense
- illegal action or activity which is punishable by law
- criminal intent
12 Clues: criminal act • harmful result • "bad in itself" • criminal intent • "bad because prohibited" • most serious type of crime • crime also known as a petty offense • illegal action or activity which is punishable by law • simultaneous occurrence of criminal act and criminal intent • factor which supports a more serious charge and/or stiffer penalty • ...
Crimes Against People and Property 2016-09-14
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- Threats used in order to obtain something
- Crime A crime motivated by prejudice
- Theft of personal property
- Provides prisoner with tools to improve life after prison
- Obtaining property by a law or trick
- Murder
- Killing someone unlawfully and with premeditation
- Attempting to prevent an act, or certain behavior from happening
- Goes with battery
- A criminal that deliberately sets fire to someone else's property.
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- Lying under oath
- Harmful or offensive touching of another
- Payments made from the criminal to the victim in order to compensate
- Removing criminal to protect society and prevent them from committing other crimes
- Crime committed on the internet
- Stealing with forms of a threat
- Destroying property on purpose
- Oldest form of punishment
- Stealing by breaking an entry
- Offenses involving dishonesty for personal gain
20 Clues: Murder • Lying under oath • Goes with battery • Oldest form of punishment • Theft of personal property • Stealing by breaking an entry • Destroying property on purpose • Crime committed on the internet • Stealing with forms of a threat • Crime A crime motivated by prejudice • Obtaining property by a law or trick • Harmful or offensive touching of another • ...
Sport and the Law 2019-06-03
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- a major issue in international sport
- best of the best sportspeople
- money paid to teams, individuals for advertising rights
- a panel that punishes players for violence in a sport
- sports where bodies collide
- active involvement in sport
- permission
- Australian Institute of Sport Initials
- to break a contract without permission of the other party
- to take someone to court
- binding written agreement between 2 parties
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- money paid in compensation for a tort
- wrong against another
- to treat someone differently because of who they are
- parliament made law
- less serious criminal offence
- failure to meet duty of care
- serious criminal offence
- when a court makes a binding decision
- sentence in a contract that creates a condition of the contract
- a court case not involving criminal law
21 Clues: permission • parliament made law • wrong against another • serious criminal offence • to take someone to court • sports where bodies collide • active involvement in sport • failure to meet duty of care • best of the best sportspeople • less serious criminal offence • a major issue in international sport • money paid in compensation for a tort • when a court makes a binding decision • ...
Law 30 Crossword 2017-10-04
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- assisting someone to commit a criminal offence
- legal services paid for by taxpayers, available to persons unable to afford a lawyer
- denying something, as on exculpatory evidence clears the defendant of guilt
- a latin phrase meaning "a wrongful deed" the physical or guilty act
- a postponement of court business
- to make an act completely legal by removing it from the criminal code
- the act of deliberately choosing to ignore certain facts or information
- the body of public law that determines actions to be crimes
- in criminal law, actual imprisonment or physical detention
- to keep the jury together and isolated until it reaches a verdict
- to pass a proposed law into legislation
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- a line of people formed by police for identification
- the reason for committing a certain act
- encouraging or urging another person to commit a crime
- to initiate and carry out legal action
- a person who documents court proceedings
- a latin phrase meaning "a guilty mind" the mental element of ones criminal actions
- intentional homicide (killing of another person)
- a document in which the accused agrees to appear in court as required
- to make behaviour that was illegal punishable only by fines
- an agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
- the person charged with an offence
- to change existing legislation (laws)
- the police procedure in which officers look for evidence that may be used in court
- to detain a person legally and to charge him/her with a criminal offence
25 Clues: a postponement of court business • the person charged with an offence • to change existing legislation (laws) • to initiate and carry out legal action • the reason for committing a certain act • to pass a proposed law into legislation • a person who documents court proceedings • assisting someone to commit a criminal offence • ...
Criminal Profiling 2013-06-03
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- study of crimes and criminals
- the process of determining traits or features of a criminal
- First peron convicted by criminal profiling
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- messy, reckless
- a person who comitted a crime
- reason for comitting the crime
- a person's MO (2 words)
- first criminal to be profiled (never caught)
- science of mental states and processes
- infamous killer from the late 1960's
- neat, careful, controlled.
11 Clues: messy, reckless • a person's MO (2 words) • neat, careful, controlled. • a person who comitted a crime • study of crimes and criminals • reason for comitting the crime • infamous killer from the late 1960's • science of mental states and processes • First peron convicted by criminal profiling • first criminal to be profiled (never caught) • ...
Parties to criminal proceedings 2022-03-09
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- a person without interest in the outcome of a criminal case who has special knowledge and called for help by the body conducting the criminal process
- formal written or spoken statement saying what you know to be true
- a person without interest in the outcome of a criminal case who has special knowledge and conducts examination.
- a person who passes a sentence
- a government attorney who presents the state's case against the defendant in a criminal prosecution
- a person charged with an offense
- the power of court to hear a case
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- a person who gives evidence regarding matters of fact under investigation
- the individual harmed as a result of a crime
- data obtained in accordance with the law which proves some facts
- layperson who assists a judge
- a person who makes a formal complaint against somebody in court
- a person without interest in the outcome of a criminal case who translates orally for parties conversing in different languages
- a presumption declared a person can't be found guilty until his guilt is proven
- a person who may be guity in the offense
15 Clues: layperson who assists a judge • a person who passes a sentence • a person charged with an offense • the power of court to hear a case • a person who may be guity in the offense • the individual harmed as a result of a crime • a person who makes a formal complaint against somebody in court • data obtained in accordance with the law which proves some facts • ...
crossword 2022-04-20
Criminology 2023-11-27
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- presided over by a judge, judges, or a magistrate in civil and criminal cases
- a young person.
- the forming of a theory without firm evidence; assuming.
- a formal written or spoken statement, especially one given in a court of law.
- the first court date in a criminal case. When defendant finds out what they're charged with and what rights they have
- the formal questioning of a witness called by the other party in a court of law to challenge or extend testimony already given.
- the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.
- the release of a prisoner before the completion of a sentence, on the promise of good behavior.
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- the crime of killing a human being without malice aforethought, or otherwise in circumstances not amounting to murder.
- a person who has committed a crime.
- insufficient evidence that prevents a judge or jury from convicting a defendant of a crime in court.
- declare the punishment decided for (an offender).
- a place for criminals convicted of serious crimes.
- 12 people sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.
- a formal examination of evidence before a judge, and typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings.
- a system of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes.
- a lawyer.
- illegal activity
- the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs.
- a place for those awaiting trial or held for minor crimes
- a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, especially a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place.
- information received from other people that one cannot be proven; rumor.
22 Clues: a lawyer. • a young person. • illegal activity • a person who has committed a crime. • declare the punishment decided for (an offender). • a place for criminals convicted of serious crimes. • the forming of a theory without firm evidence; assuming. • a place for those awaiting trial or held for minor crimes • ...
Criminial Law 2023-03-06
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- young people charged with criminal offences under the Youth Criminal Justice Act are normally tried.
- in criminal cases, a person charged with an offence; the accused
- a lawyer employed by the government to prosecute those accused of criminal and quasi-criminal offences
- the branch of law that governs the relations between individuals
- type of trial was basically an appeal to supernatural powers to assist in the decision-making process. Those accused would subject themselves to some form of ordeal, and if they passed it successfully they were declared innocent.
- a person charged with a criminal offence; the defendant
- the highest court in the province. acts as a court of appeal from the lower courts
- programs whereby some young offenders can omit to having committed a crime and then do something to compensate for it rather than go to court
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- not an Alberta court. This is the highest court of appeal in Canada.
- trial consisting of the accused swearing an oath as to the truth of his or her innocence. If the accused could get 11 or 12 "compurgators" or "oath helpers" to swear that they believed the accused's statements to be true, then the accused would win the case.
- The second level of Alberta Courts. its judges are appointed by the federal government.
- often called Small Claims Court
- a law passed by a governing body
- cases involving many family-law issues
- hears cases involving traffic violations. It also hears cases involving the breaking of municipal bylaws.
- guilty mind; usually an intention to commit a wrongful act
- the branch of law that sets out certain acts as crimes and punishes those who commit them
- the body of law that gradually developed as judges in English courts made decisions in the cases they heard
- a wrongful act
- forbidden by law for which the state has the power to punish
20 Clues: a wrongful act • often called Small Claims Court • a law passed by a governing body • cases involving many family-law issues • a person charged with a criminal offence; the defendant • guilty mind; usually an intention to commit a wrongful act • forbidden by law for which the state has the power to punish • ...
kpl 4 2023-12-12
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- velka
- pettymys
- laina
- up aikuinen
- of the times useimmiten
- intohimo
- tuska, kärsimys
- uraa ajatellen, uraan liittyen
- jne
- kääntää toisinpäin, kumota, peruuttaa, purkaa
- jumissa
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- ylläpitää
- loput; lepo, tauko, tuki, noja
- their minds muuttavat mielensä, vaihtavat mielipidettä
- hämärästi
- out stressaantunut, rasittunut
- valaistu
- todella suurikokoinen
- lohduttaa
- haparoida
- jälkeenpäin
- julma, raaka
- odottaa, olettaa jklta jtk, odotella
- istuin, paikka
24 Clues: jne • velka • laina • jumissa • pettymys • valaistu • intohimo • ylläpitää • hämärästi • lohduttaa • haparoida • up aikuinen • jälkeenpäin • julma, raaka • istuin, paikka • tuska, kärsimys • todella suurikokoinen • of the times useimmiten • loput; lepo, tauko, tuki, noja • out stressaantunut, rasittunut • uraa ajatellen, uraan liittyen • odottaa, olettaa jklta jtk, odotella • ...
Tom's General Knowledge Crossword 2025-06-18
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- U.S Capitol
- Waterhole
- Strange
- Deposed Charles I
- Suspicious Minds Singer
- Used in Electrical Wiring
- Despotic Roman Emperor
- Not Expected
- Spirit
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- Hanoi is the capital of ___
- Godfather Family
- Fitting
- Highest Selling Album
- Evil
- Leader's Meeting
- U.S Tennis Player now retired
- Defunct Video Store
- Place of D-Day Landings
- Lord of the Rings Troll
- Bankrupt
- keyboard image
21 Clues: Evil • Spirit • Fitting • Strange • Bankrupt • Waterhole • U.S Capitol • Not Expected • keyboard image • Godfather Family • Leader's Meeting • Deposed Charles I • Defunct Video Store • Highest Selling Album • Despotic Roman Emperor • Place of D-Day Landings • Lord of the Rings Troll • Suspicious Minds Singer • Used in Electrical Wiring • Hanoi is the capital of ___ • U.S Tennis Player now retired
Crimes & Criminals 2022-07-29
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- the action of taking something from a shop and not paying for it,
- a criminal who robs banks, shops etc.,
- the action of stealing a car, going for a ride with it, and burning it in the end,
- a criminal who sets fire to a building,
- a criminal who has killed someone,
- a criminal who destroys or mutilates foreign property,
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- a criminal who steals from people on the street,
- a criminal who sells narcotics to people,
- the action of stealing from someone's house,
- the general act of stealing something,
10 Clues: a criminal who has killed someone, • a criminal who robs banks, shops etc., • the general act of stealing something, • a criminal who sets fire to a building, • a criminal who sells narcotics to people, • the action of stealing from someone's house, • a criminal who steals from people on the street, • a criminal who destroys or mutilates foreign property, • ...
Chapter #2 2014-12-21
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- The scientific study of victimization, including the relationships between victims and offenders.
- A possible explanation for an observed occurrence that can be tested by further investigation.
- An explanation that is based on observation, experimentation, and reasoning.
- The study of how certain traits or qualities are transmitted from parents to their offspring.
- Anything that produces an effect.
- Sigmund Freud's theory that attributed our thoughts and actions to unconscious motives.
- An approach to drug addiction that treats drug abuse as a mental or physical illness.
- An approach to drug abuse that treats illegal drug use as a criminal act.
- A chemical substance that controls certain cellular and bodily function such as growth and reproduction.
- Considers criminal behavior to be the predictable result of a persons interaction with his or her environment.
- Refers to the repeated criminal victimization of a person, household, place, business, vehicle or other target however defined.
- A school of the social sciences that sees criminal and delinquent behavior as the result of biological, physiological, and social forces.
- Theory stating that members of certain sub-cultures reject the values of the dominant culture through deviant behavior patterns.
- The belief that the more powerful groups use their power in order to exploit groups with less power.
- A group exhibiting certain values and behavior patterns that distinguish it from the dominant culture.
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- The hypothesis that society created crime and criminals by labeling certain behavior and certain people as deviant.
- Concept that people engage in criminal behavior unless strong moral, social, and/or retributive deterrents are in effect.
- A product of the Enlightenment, theorizing that people exercise free will and are responsible for their actions.
- Natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms.
- A theory that deviant behavior is more likely in communities where social institutions fail to exert control over the population.
- Defined as maximizing total benefit and reducing suffering or the negatives.
- The scientific study of crime and the causes of criminal behavior.
- The scientific study of mental processes and behavior.
- The idea that crime is caused by frustration of individuals who cannot reach their financial and personal goals through legitimate means.
- A specialist in the field of crime and the causes of criminal behavior.
- A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things.
- The idea that delinquents and criminals must be taught both the practical and emotional skills necessary to participate in illegal activity.
- Individuals make logical decisions with the greatest benefit or satisfaction.
28 Clues: Anything that produces an effect. • The scientific study of mental processes and behavior. • A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things. • The scientific study of crime and the causes of criminal behavior. • Natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms. • ...
Review 2013-02-06
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- the written, organized, and compiled form of the criminal laws of a jurisdiction
- an offense punishable by incarceration, usually in jail, typically one year or less
- theory, human DNA, environmental contaminants, eating intake, personality disorders, defective mental processes, often occurring in early childhood
- part of the biological theory, the thought that the study of bodily constitution might reflect personality.
- an amendment,The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses,papers, and effects guarded against unreasonable search and seizure
- a type of justification, the protection of oneself or of one's property from unlawful injury or from the immediate risk of unlawful injury.
- a type of law based on the body of judicial precedent, historically built on legal reasoning and past interpretations of statutory laws
- theory, behavior is predetermined, and is constitutionally or genetically based.
- offered by defendants who find themselves forced to choose between "two evils."
- criminal law seeks this
- an amendment, excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments
- an amendment, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury
- civil law seeks this
- the body of law originating from usage and custom rather than from written statutes
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- the branch of modern law that governs relationships between parties
- when are crimes most committed?
- theory, group dynamics, group organization, & subgroup relationships, form the casual nexus out of which crime develops; the structure of society & relative degree of social organization or disorganization contribute to criminal behavior, crime is learned.
- the written or codified law, "the law on the books"
- rule for determining insanity that asks whether the defendant knew what he/she was doing and if it was wrong
- the part of law that defines crimes and specifies punishments
- theory, people freely choose to engage in crime "rational" "freewill", focused on the crime not the criminal, punishment= swift,certain,& severe
- the 1st step in the criminal justice system
- a rule of conduct, generally found enacted in the form of a statute, that proscribes or mandates certain forms of behavior
- the part of law that specifies the methods to be used in enforcing substantive law
- an amendment, guarantees you do not have to testify against yourself in court, no "double jeopardy"
- the state of mind that accompanies a criminal act
- the body of rules and regulations that define nature of and punishments for offenses, also called penal law
- a criminal offense punishable by death or at least a year in prison
28 Clues: civil law seeks this • criminal law seeks this • when are crimes most committed? • the 1st step in the criminal justice system • the state of mind that accompanies a criminal act • the written or codified law, "the law on the books" • the part of law that defines crimes and specifies punishments • the branch of modern law that governs relationships between parties • ...
Joyful Jumble of Minds 2024-01-23
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- Musical instrument known for happiness
- Sparkling wine
- Festive decoration
- Cheerfulout burst
- Uncontrollable giggling fit
- Party favor that explodes with confetti
- Cheerful greeting
- Whimsicaldance
- Delicious sweet treat
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- Feeling of intense happiness
- lighthearted laughter
- Amusing story
- Playful teasing
- Playful water splash
- Delightful aroma
- Contagious excitement
- Cheerfulmelody
- A sunny disposition
- Hilarious mishap
- Warm Embrace
20 Clues: Warm Embrace • Amusing story • Sparkling wine • Cheerfulmelody • Whimsicaldance • Playful teasing • Delightful aroma • Hilarious mishap • Cheerfulout burst • Cheerful greeting • Festive decoration • A sunny disposition • Playful water splash • lighthearted laughter • Contagious excitement • Delicious sweet treat • Uncontrollable giggling fit • Feeling of intense happiness • ...
9A-Unit2 Great minds 2019-01-10
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- the group of people who have gathered to watch or listen to sth.
- to do what you are told or expected to
- the events in a story, play, etc.
- to think about sth. carefully, especially in order to make a decision; to think of sb./sth. in a particular way
- the quality in sth that makes it funny or amusing; the ability to laugh at things that are amusing
- to prevent sth. bad from happening
- a thing that sb. has done successfully, especially using their own effort and skill
- having skin that is almost white; having skin that is whiter than usual because of illness, a strong emotion, etc.
- an understanding about sth.; an ability to judge sth.
- the scientific study of the sun, moon, stars, planets, etc.
- the belief that sb./ sth. is good, sincere, honest, etc. and will not try to harm or trick you
- a place where you can sit, for example a chair
- a formal set of ideas that in intended to explain why sth. happens or exists
- a scientist who studies astronomy
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- to make sth. less or smaller in size, quantity, price, etc.
- the whole of space and everything in it, including the earth, the planets and the starts
- used to emphasize that sth. is correct in every way or in every detail
- on or during the evening or night of today
- unusually great intelligence, skill or artistic ability; a person who is unusually intelligent or artistic, or who has a very high level of skill, especially in one area
- the part of a person that makes them able to be aware of things, to think and to feel; a person who is very intelligent
- an institution at the highest level of education where you can study for a degree or do research
- a person who studies or writes about philosophy; s person who thinks deeply about things
- a spoken or written request to sb. to do sth. or to go somewhere
- the noise made by a group of people clapping their hands and sometimes shouting to show their approval or enjoyment
- a state of feeling or being happy or satisfied
- a talk that is given to a group of people to teach them about a particular subject, ofen as part of a university or college course
26 Clues: the events in a story, play, etc. • a scientist who studies astronomy • to prevent sth. bad from happening • to do what you are told or expected to • on or during the evening or night of today • a state of feeling or being happy or satisfied • a place where you can sit, for example a chair • an understanding about sth.; an ability to judge sth. • ...
Great minds think alike 2025-05-14
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- Werken met een duidelijk en concreet doel
- kritiek Kritiek die bedoeld is om te helpen verbeteren
- Erkenning of voordeel voor goed werk
- Hoe mensen binnen een groep met elkaar omgaan
- De plicht om bepaalde taken goed uit te voeren
- De toewijzing van specifieke taken aan teamleden
- Een groep mensen die samenwerkt aan een gemeenschappelijk doel
- Het proces van keuzes maken binnen een team
- Verschillen in achtergrond, kennis of cultuur in een team
- Hoe teamleden met elkaar omgaan
- Wanneer het team niet op schema zit
- Het beoordelen van samenwerking en resultaten
- Terugkoppeling geven over prestaties of gedrag
- Een meningsverschil of botsing binnen het team
- review Beoordeling van je werk door een collega
- Het uitwisselen van informatie tussen teamleden
- communicatie Eerlijk en transparant met elkaar praten
- Korte informatieoverdracht aan het begin van een taak
- Bereidheid om ideeën en meningen te delen
- Nabespreking van een activiteit of opdracht
- Iets uit jezelf starten of voorstellen
- Weten welke rol je speelt in het team
- Het vooraf bepalen van wat, wanneer en door wie iets moet gebeuren
- Het resultaat dat een team wil behalen
- Samen zoeken naar een goede oplossing
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- Verantwoording afleggen over je bijdrage
- Het bedenken van nieuwe ideeën of oplossingen
- Je kunnen inleven in anderen
- De vaardigheid om aandachtig te luisteren
- Hulp bieden aan collega’s binnen het team
- Tijdslimieten waarbinnen taken afgewerkt moeten zijn
- De persoon die het team aanstuurt
- Het overdragen van taken aan anderen
- Afstemming van verschillende taken en personen
- De drijfveer om actief bij te dragen
- De manier waarop een team is georganiseerd
- Het gevoel van samenhorigheid in een team
- De vaardigheid om een groep te begeleiden en motiveren
- Verdraagzaamheid voor andere meningen of werkstijlen
- Actieve betrokkenheid van teamleden
- Het efficiënt omgaan met tijd binnen het team
- Geloven in de goede bedoelingen en capaciteiten van anderen
- Het proces waarbij mensen samenwerken om iets te bereiken
- Een team met verschillende vakgebieden of expertises
- Het gevoel dat je bij het team hoort
- Het groeiproces dat een team doormaakt
- Een beslissing waar iedereen mee akkoord gaat
- Waardering tonen voor anderen in het team
- Iedereen betrekken en waarderen binnen het team
- De kennis en vaardigheden die iemand bezit
50 Clues: Je kunnen inleven in anderen • Hoe teamleden met elkaar omgaan • De persoon die het team aanstuurt • Actieve betrokkenheid van teamleden • Wanneer het team niet op schema zit • Erkenning of voordeel voor goed werk • Het overdragen van taken aan anderen • De drijfveer om actief bij te dragen • Het gevoel dat je bij het team hoort • Weten welke rol je speelt in het team • ...
THE GREAT MINDS CROSSWORD 2025-09-08
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- Developed Laws of Motion and Gravity
- Known as the Father of Geometry
- Invented Boolean algebra
- Developed game theory
- Known for Fibonacci sequence
- Introduced the Cartesian coordinate system
- Known for prime number theorem and analytic continuation of zeta
- Introduced the concept of zero in Indian mathematics
- Invented matrix determinant and cofactor expansion
- Proved the non-existence of general solutions to quintic equations
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- Famous for the formula
- First woman mathematician of note in history
- Developed measure theory and integration
- Known for set theory and infinity
- Inventor of Calculus (along with Newton)
- Discovered the theorem on right-angled triangle areas
- Known for his Last Theorem
- Known for the probability theorem of large numbers
- Founder of modern computer science
- Proved the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
20 Clues: Developed game theory • Famous for the formula • Invented Boolean algebra • Known for his Last Theorem • Known for Fibonacci sequence • Known as the Father of Geometry • Known for set theory and infinity • Founder of modern computer science • Developed Laws of Motion and Gravity • Developed measure theory and integration • Inventor of Calculus (along with Newton) • ...
Active Minds | Mente Activa 2025-10-23
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- Gentle background sound
- Free from disturbance
- Hearth glow source
- Total calm
- Quiet murmur
- Warm and snug
- Drink before bed
- State of rest and ease
- Gentle silence
- Absence of noise
- Soft overhead light from the sky
- Gentle light
- Not hard or rough
- Nighttime sky sparkle
- Like a pleasant dream
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- Not bright
- Peaceful state of mind
- Wax source of soft glow
- Gentle wind
- Smooth and laid-back
- Feeling of heat or affection
- Calmness; lack of conflict
- Calm and relaxing in tone
- Recline casually
- Cozy covering for warmth
- Hot drink for comfort
- Middle of the night
- Sleepwear
- Feeling of ease and contentment
- Curl up comfortably
30 Clues: Sleepwear • Not bright • Total calm • Gentle wind • Quiet murmur • Gentle light • Warm and snug • Gentle silence • Recline casually • Drink before bed • Absence of noise • Not hard or rough • Hearth glow source • Middle of the night • Curl up comfortably • Smooth and laid-back • Free from disturbance • Hot drink for comfort • Nighttime sky sparkle • Like a pleasant dream • Peaceful state of mind • ...
Active Minds | Mente Activa 2025-10-21
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- Caminata tranquila
- Niebla ligera
- Lugar con poca luz o ánimo triste
- Sonido del fuego al arder
- Casa pequeña en el bosque
- Tela suave usada en camisas de otoño
- Madera para hacer fuego
- Se lleva en el cuello para abrigar
- Planta verde que crece en lugares húmedos
- Lluvia congelada
- Fruto grande, a veces decorativo
- Herramienta para juntar hojas
- Fuente de luz portátil
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- Color típico del otoño
- Árbol de hojas perennes
- Trozo de carbón encendido
- Caminar sin rumbo fijo
- Rápido y ligero
- Fibra natural de oveja
- Viento fuerte y repentino
- Protegen las manos del frío
- Día y noche duran lo mismo
- Abrigo largo contra el viento
- Bebida caliente hecha de chocolate
- Parte cálida de la casa con chimenea
- Fruto del roble
- Cuando el cielo está cubierto
- En reposo, sin actividad visible
- Manta gruesa y acolchada
- Árbol de corteza blanca
30 Clues: Niebla ligera • Rápido y ligero • Fruto del roble • Lluvia congelada • Caminata tranquila • Color típico del otoño • Caminar sin rumbo fijo • Fibra natural de oveja • Fuente de luz portátil • Árbol de hojas perennes • Madera para hacer fuego • Árbol de corteza blanca • Manta gruesa y acolchada • Trozo de carbón encendido • Viento fuerte y repentino • Sonido del fuego al arder • ...
Criminal Law 2025-02-12
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- intentional act or omission in violation of criminal law
- a penalty imposed on a person guilty of a criminal offence
- when the police formally allege that a person has committed a crime
- outcome of a criminal case in which the accused is found to have committed a crime
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- a person found guilty of or has pleaded guilty to a criminal offence
- the person suspected to have committed a crime
- law aims to protect community by establishing crimes, and making/ using sanctions for those who commit crime
- the party in a criminal case representing the state
- a person charged with a criminal offence but has not yet been found or pleaded guilty
- guilty outcome of a criminal case in which the accused is found to not have committed a crime
10 Clues: the person suspected to have committed a crime • the party in a criminal case representing the state • intentional act or omission in violation of criminal law • a penalty imposed on a person guilty of a criminal offence • when the police formally allege that a person has committed a crime • a person found guilty of or has pleaded guilty to a criminal offence • ...
The History of Profiling and Behavioral Science 2016-05-19
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- goal of criminal profilers is to ____ further attacks
- Teten/ The founding father of profiling who designed a method for identifying unknown offenders
- disorders/ criminal profilers are able to detect _____ and personality traits from looking at a crime scene
- form of reasoning which is a logical process in which multiple premises, believed to be true, are combined to obtain a specific conclusion
- The Behavioral Analysis Unit study the _____, experiences, and psychological mind of criminals and suspects
- profiler/ a person who infers the personality and characteristics of a suspect based on information gathered from the crime scene
- scene/ one way that criminal profilers evaluate criminal behavior
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- Meirhofer/ first criminal to be profiled by Howard Teten
- form of reasoning which is a logical process in which a conclusion is based on the concordance of multiple premises assumed to be true
- criminal profilers try to uncover _____ to help solve the case of serial killers and other forms of violence
- of the Lambs/ first movie to popularize the "art" of profiling
- science/ the study of understanding the feelings, thoughts, and actions of criminals and terrorists
12 Clues: goal of criminal profilers is to ____ further attacks • Meirhofer/ first criminal to be profiled by Howard Teten • of the Lambs/ first movie to popularize the "art" of profiling • scene/ one way that criminal profilers evaluate criminal behavior • Teten/ The founding father of profiling who designed a method for identifying unknown offenders • ...
Law Terminology (Forensics 20/30) By Gemma Brown 2023-05-02
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- or other security put up by the accused or by someone on the accused's behalf to insure the accused's appearance at trial.
- person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place
- person assumed to have committed the crime(s).
- Attorney/The lawyer representing the Crown in a criminal prosecution
- written documents filed in a court describing the positions of the people bringing the action and the people defending the action
- made in court by a witness under oath or affirmation
- way in which facts are proven at trial.
- civil action or legal proceeding
- criminal offense... Ex Shoplifting
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- of Court/A criminal offense that typically involves interfering with the administration of justice, ignoring the rules of court or defying a judge
- Rea/A plan, Intent, recklessness, Reasoning of mind
- criminal offense... Ex-assault, Murder
- Reus/The guilty Act, Physical Crime Committed
- finding of not guilty in a criminal case
- Aid/A program that assists those who require a lawyer but cannot afford one.
- in Courtrooms in front of a judge. Can have a jury.
16 Clues: civil action or legal proceeding • criminal offense... Ex Shoplifting • criminal offense... Ex-assault, Murder • way in which facts are proven at trial. • finding of not guilty in a criminal case • Reus/The guilty Act, Physical Crime Committed • person assumed to have committed the crime(s). • Rea/A plan, Intent, recklessness, Reasoning of mind • ...
Many Minds One Mission 2014-08-05
22 Clues: Diaz • Caro • Osejo • Lopez • Ochoa • Perez • Arlyn • Suarez • Molina • Tolano • Castelo • Camacho • Bichama • Guevara • Beltran • Jimenez • Padilla • Briston • Chavira • Maldonado • Santacruz • Hernandez
Three Minds, One Mission 2021-08-11
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- The oracle can be found here.
- Whether you have the pipe version or electric, this instrument is definitely not a piano.
- Greek hero who's also a body part.
- Hungarian Horntails, Norbert, et al.
- Location of the final battle of the revolutionary war.
- On the periodic table, you might think this element's symbol stands for peanut butter, but you'd be wrong.
- Founder of the University of Virginia, ambassador to France, rival of Hamilton.
- These siblings better learn how to share...especially birthday cake.
- Muscle car named for a wild quadruped.
- Alexander Hamilton's wife.
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- Greek hero who's also a Hamilton character.
- Scientific phenomenon related to "What goes up must come down."
- Manufacturer of fancy electric cars.
- Reed instrument played by Charlie Parker, Johnny Hodges, and Lisa Simpson.
- Poseidon's brother.
- She might be the fastest person in the world, but all you need is three golden apples to beat her in a race.
- Along with hydrogen, a main component of water.
- Travels through pipes. Spiders flee from it. Venomous and extremely dangerous.
- German sportscar manufacturer.
- Element that's lighter than air. Don't get carried away!
20 Clues: Poseidon's brother. • Alexander Hamilton's wife. • The oracle can be found here. • German sportscar manufacturer. • Greek hero who's also a body part. • Manufacturer of fancy electric cars. • Hungarian Horntails, Norbert, et al. • Muscle car named for a wild quadruped. • Greek hero who's also a Hamilton character. • Along with hydrogen, a main component of water. • ...
Marvelous Minds of Madison 2025-04-23
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- Is is it 3'OClock yet?
- In the Mix
- Sweep you off your distraction
- Aye I just do my job
- I get them in order when they get out of hand
- dress and heels
- Mr. Congeniality
- Mess with me, I know a lil something
- Whitt on the third
- Loc'd and loaded
- Can't we all just get along
- Mess with me on that math
- The hair tells you he's a head of it all
- What's the Word
- Fake broke
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- Stay Coordinated
- Don't start none it won't be none
- Gold teeth and Gala ready
- Vanilla ice and a little spice
- Top Flight
- Quirky cleaner
- Switching sides
- Good spirited
- Best Roar I've ever heard
- Unno
- Tech Savvy
- I'm the Queen
- Female Sensei
- Don't ask me I'm new here
- Peace and love
- Under the radar
31 Clues: Unno • In the Mix • Top Flight • Tech Savvy • Fake broke • Good spirited • I'm the Queen • Female Sensei • Quirky cleaner • Peace and love • Switching sides • dress and heels • What's the Word • Under the radar • Stay Coordinated • Mr. Congeniality • Loc'd and loaded • Whitt on the third • Aye I just do my job • Is is it 3'OClock yet? • Gold teeth and Gala ready • Best Roar I've ever heard • ...
Great minds think alike 2025-05-14
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- De drijfveer om actief bij te dragen
- Het uitwisselen van informatie tussen teamleden
- Samen zoeken naar een goede oplossing
- Verschillen in achtergrond, kennis of cultuur in een team
- De kennis en vaardigheden die iemand bezit
- Kritiek die bedoeld is om te helpen verbeteren
- Een meningsverschil of botsing binnen het team
- De manier waarop een team is georganiseerd
- Het proces van keuzes maken binnen een team
- Korte informatieoverdracht aan het begin van een taak
- Je kunnen inleven in anderen
- De persoon die het team aanstuurt
- Het proces waarbij mensen samenwerken om iets te bereiken
- Iets uit jezelf starten of voorstellen
- Een groep mensen die samenwerkt aan een gemeenschappelijk doel
- Nabespreking van een activiteit of opdracht
- Het overdragen van taken aan anderen
- Het resultaat dat een team wil behalen
- Tijdslimieten waarbinnen taken afgewerkt moeten zijn
- Terugkoppeling geven over prestaties of gedrag
- Het vooraf bepalen van wat, wanneer en door wie iets moet gebeuren
- Werken met een duidelijk en concreet doel
- Een beslissing waar iedereen mee akkoord gaat
- De toewijzing van specifieke taken aan teamleden
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- De plicht om bepaalde taken goed uit te voeren
- Iedereen betrekken en waarderen binnen het team
- Geloven in de goede bedoelingen en capaciteiten van anderen
- Weten welke rol je speelt in het team
- Erkenning of voordeel voor goed werk
- Bereidheid om ideeën en meningen te delen
- Het bedenken van nieuwe ideeën of oplossingen
- Het beoordelen van samenwerking en resultaten
- Een team met verschillende vakgebieden of expertises
- Hulp bieden aan collega’s binnen het team
- Het efficiënt omgaan met tijd binnen het team
- Waardering tonen voor anderen in het team
- review Beoordeling van je werk door een collega
- De vaardigheid om aandachtig te luisteren
- Het gevoel dat je bij het team hoort
- Wanneer het team niet op schema zit
- communicatie Eerlijk en transparant met elkaar praten
- De vaardigheid om een groep te begeleiden en motiveren
- Het groeiproces dat een team doormaakt
- Hoe mensen binnen een groep met elkaar omgaan
- Hoe teamleden met elkaar omgaan
- Afstemming van verschillende taken en personen
- Het gevoel van samenhorigheid in een team
- Verdraagzaamheid voor andere meningen of werkstijlen
- Actieve betrokkenheid van teamleden
49 Clues: Je kunnen inleven in anderen • Hoe teamleden met elkaar omgaan • De persoon die het team aanstuurt • Wanneer het team niet op schema zit • Actieve betrokkenheid van teamleden • De drijfveer om actief bij te dragen • Erkenning of voordeel voor goed werk • Het gevoel dat je bij het team hoort • Het overdragen van taken aan anderen • Weten welke rol je speelt in het team • ...
THE GREAT MINDS CROSSWORD 2025-09-08
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- Developed Laws of Motion and Gravity
- Known as the Father of Geometry
- Invented Boolean algebra
- Developed game theory
- Known for Fibonacci sequence
- Introduced the Cartesian coordinate system
- Known for prime number theorem and analytic continuation of zeta
- Introduced the concept of zero in Indian mathematics
- Invented matrix determinant and cofactor expansion
- Proved the non-existence of general solutions to quintic equations
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- Famous for the formula
- First woman mathematician of note in history
- Developed measure theory and integration
- Known for set theory and infinity
- Inventor of Calculus (along with Newton)
- Discovered the theorem on right-angled triangle areas
- Known for his Last Theorem
- Known for the probability theorem of large numbers
- Founder of modern computer science
- Proved the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
20 Clues: Developed game theory • Famous for the formula • Invented Boolean algebra • Known for his Last Theorem • Known for Fibonacci sequence • Known as the Father of Geometry • Known for set theory and infinity • Founder of modern computer science • Developed Laws of Motion and Gravity • Developed measure theory and integration • Inventor of Calculus (along with Newton) • ...
CRIME 2014-02-12
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- take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.
- the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.
- entry into a building illegally with intent to commit a crime, esp. theft.
- illegally seize (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) in transit and force it to go to a different destination or use it for one's own purposes.
- A mob boss, crime lord or Don is a person in charge of a criminal organization.
- a legal offense to which all parties consent and no party is injured.
- murder
- a tribunal presided over by a judge, judges, or a magistrate in civil and criminal cases.
- wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain
- a member of a gang of violent criminals.
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- a person who violates the law.
- the institution and conducting of legal proceedings against someone in respect of a criminal charge.
- going against the law
- a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot.
- a person who attacks and robs ships at sea.
- the crime of driving a vehicle with an excess of alcohol in the blood.
- the system of rules that a particular country or community.
- Motor vehicle theft is the criminal act of stealing or attempting to steal a car.
- a person who practices or studies law; an attorney or a counselor.
19 Clues: murder • going against the law • a person who violates the law. • a member of a gang of violent criminals. • a person who attacks and robs ships at sea. • the system of rules that a particular country or community. • a person who practices or studies law; an attorney or a counselor. • a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot. • ...
CRIME 2014-02-12
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- the system of rules that a particular country or community.
- a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot.
- illegally seize (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) in transit and force it to go to a different destination or use it for one's own purposes.
- take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.
- entry into a building illegally with intent to commit a crime, esp. theft.
- A mob boss, crime lord or Don is a person in charge of a criminal organization.
- the crime of driving a vehicle with an excess of alcohol in the blood.
- going against the law
- wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain
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- a legal offense to which all parties consent and no party is injured.
- Motor vehicle theft is the criminal act of stealing or attempting to steal a car.
- a person who violates the law.
- a person who attacks and robs ships at sea.
- a person who practices or studies law; an attorney or a counselor.
- the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.
- a tribunal presided over by a judge, judges, or a magistrate in civil and criminal cases.
- the institution and conducting of legal proceedings against someone in respect of a criminal charge.
- murder
- a member of a gang of violent criminals.
19 Clues: murder • going against the law • a person who violates the law. • a member of a gang of violent criminals. • a person who attacks and robs ships at sea. • the system of rules that a particular country or community. • a person who practices or studies law; an attorney or a counselor. • a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot. • ...
PAPILLON 2020-11-05
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- to kill
- run away from a prison
- police do this when they catch a criminal
- a rock near the sea
- a criminal who steals money
- not guilty
- a place where police takes criminals
- a book which sells well.A lot of people buy it
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- killer
- a person who is rich and famous
- the picture on your body
- steal the money from the bank
- a bad person who steals and kills
- not innocent
14 Clues: killer • to kill • not guilty • not innocent • a rock near the sea • run away from a prison • the picture on your body • a criminal who steals money • steal the money from the bank • a person who is rich and famous • a bad person who steals and kills • a place where police takes criminals • police do this when they catch a criminal • a book which sells well.A lot of people buy it
Challenging Thinking RDAP MB 2020-07-08
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- , This is one of the Three Cs this is how you explain to yourself the choices you have made.
- , This is one of the three Cs As an adult, you can make informed decisions, because you have the ability to think and reason.
- ,Criminal Thinking error. I was fired up after today's community meeting, but now I don't care.
- Orientation ,Criminal Thinking error. I put my chair there before count, so that's my spot.
- , Criminal Thinking error. Forget this... I'm just going to sit back and not say anything.
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- , Criminal Thinking error.... I've got this. This program is easy.
- , Criminal Thinking error..it's okay for me to leave group early, because I have some things I want to do.
- , Criminal Thinking error. If I wasn't selling drugs, someone else would be.
- , This is one of the three Cs Your intelligence, temperament, and other hereditary factors.
- , Criminal Thinking error..Hopefully someone notices that I pick stuff up to keep the community clean.
- Indolence , Criminal Thinking error... this group is boring. They should show more videos.
11 Clues: , Criminal Thinking error.... I've got this. This program is easy. • , Criminal Thinking error. If I wasn't selling drugs, someone else would be. • , Criminal Thinking error. Forget this... I'm just going to sit back and not say anything. • , This is one of the three Cs Your intelligence, temperament, and other hereditary factors. • ...
CAUSES OF CRIME 2021-10-26
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- serious offence punishable by death, a fine, or at least a year in state or federal jail
- criminal conduct and criminal intent must occur together
- a lesser crime punishable by a fine less thant 1,000 or less than a year in a city or county jail
- an intentional violation of the criminal law or penal code, and penalized by the state
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- a behavior that violates social mores and norms
- must be a statutory provision for punishment or at least the threat of punishment
- must be an external consequence
- criminal intent or guilty state of mind
- criminal conduct specifically intentional or negligent intentions or actions that causes harm
- harm must be legally forbidden for a behavior to be a crime. Second, a criminal law must not be ex post facto
- casual relationship between legally forbidden harm and actus reus. criminal act must lead directly to harm without long delay
11 Clues: must be an external consequence • criminal intent or guilty state of mind • a behavior that violates social mores and norms • criminal conduct and criminal intent must occur together • must be a statutory provision for punishment or at least the threat of punishment • an intentional violation of the criminal law or penal code, and penalized by the state • ...
Criminal Justice Vocab 2016-05-25
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- the release of a prisoner temporarily (for a special purpose) or permanently before the completion of a sentence, on the promise of good behavior.
- a formal examination of evidence before a judge, and typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings.
- The procedure by which law enforcement officials record facts about the arrest of and charges against a suspect such as the crime for which the arrest was made, together with information concerning the identification of the suspect and other pertinent facts.
- seize (someone) by legal authority and take into custody.
- A state in which a person's normal capacity to act or reason is inhibited by alcohol or drugs
- apply to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court.
- Circumstances Factors that increases the severity or culpability of a criminal act, including, but not limited to, heinousness of the crime, lack of remorse, and prior conviction of another crime.
- Punishment the legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime.
- the act of making someone decide not to do something : the act of preventing a particular act or behavior from happening
- the condition of being a minor.
- a legal term for a judge's delaying of a defendant's serving of a sentence after they have been found guilty, in order to allow the defendant to perform a period of probation.
- constraint illegally exercised to force someone to perform an act.
- leave of absence from prison by day enabling a prisoner to continue in normal employment.
- the set of agencies and processes established by governments to control crime and impose penalties on those who violate laws.
- a legal document authorizing a police officer or other official to enter and search premises.Affidavit
- refers to the defendant's appearance before a judge within few hours of his her arrest.
- declare the punishment decided for (an offender).
- the effect of a sentence in positively preventing (rather than merely deterring) future offending.
- the restoration of something lost or stolen to its proper owner.
- a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.
- a voluntary alternative to the criminal justice system for young people who have committed a crime or an offense.
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- a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act is alleged to have taken place.
- the release of an offender from detention, subject to a period of good behavior under supervision.
- the state of being seriously mentally ill; madness.
- the re-integration into society of a convicted person and the main objective of modern penal policy, to counter habitual offending, also known as criminal recidivism.
- reasonable grounds (for making a search, pressing a charge, etc.).
- the legal standard by which a police officer has the right to briefly detain a suspect for investigatory purposes and frisk the outside of their clothing for weapons, but not drugs.
- the process when a state or private citizen lawfully holds a person by removing his or her freedom of liberty at that time.
- a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to a certain residence. Travel is usually restricted, if allowed at all.
- a practice whereby a law enforcement agent induces a person to commit a criminal offense that the person would have otherwise been unlikely to commit.
- a person who is not old enough to be held responsible for criminal acts. In most states and on the federal level, this age threshold is set at 18 years.
- issued by a judge or magistrate on behalf of the state, which authorizes the arrest and detention of an individual, or the search and seizure of an individual's property.
- a legal process for resolving some legal dispute.
- failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense.
- the threshold of adulthood as recognized or declared in law.
- the action of arraigning someone in court.
- punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act.
- A defense that permits a person to act in a criminal manner when an emergency situation, not of the person's own creation compels the person to act in a criminal manner to avoid greater harm from occurring.
- Circumstances conditions or happenings which do not excuse or justify criminal conduct, but are considered out of mercy or fairness in deciding the degree of the offense the prosecutor charges or influencing reduction of the penalty upon conviction.
- to confine in or as if in a prison
- Conduct prohibited and punishable by the State.
- a jury, normally of twenty-three jurors, selected to examine the validity of an accusation before trial.
- a trial rendered invalid through an error in the proceedings.
43 Clues: the condition of being a minor. • to confine in or as if in a prison • the action of arraigning someone in court. • Conduct prohibited and punishable by the State. • a legal process for resolving some legal dispute. • declare the punishment decided for (an offender). • a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime. • ...
Criminal Justice Puzzle 2016-08-29
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- justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society
- co-existence of diverse cultures, where culture includes racial, religious, or cultural groups and is manifested in customary behaviors, cultural assumptions and values, patterns of thinking, and communicative styles
- One who seeks to protect personal freedoms within the process of criminal Justice
- a change that rectifies an error or inaccuracy
- system of practices and institutions of governments directed at upholding social control, deterring and mitigating crime, or sanctioning those who violate laws
- Police search for suspect in midtown Ventura
- type of justice system which is based on the principle that a citizen has some absolute rights and cannot be deprived of life, liberty, or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards
- a theory of criminal justice which places emphasis on reducing the crime in society through increased police and prosecutorial powers
- When a criminal defendant is convicted of two or more crimes, a judge sentences the defendant to a certain period of time for each crime
- quaint phrase that refers to the recording of an arrested person's name, age, address, and reason for arrest
- the release of an offender from detention, subject to a period of good behavior under supervision
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- a formal examination of evidence before a judge, and typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings
- Integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research
- United States law provides for advocates to protect the legal rights of persons with disabilities
- just behavior or treatment
- fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a citizen's entitlement
- a proceeding held by a judge, arbitrator, etc.,
- declare the punishment decided for (an offender)
- the scientific study of crime and criminals
- filing lawsuits against criminal perpetrators or other responsible parties
20 Clues: just behavior or treatment • the scientific study of crime and criminals • Police search for suspect in midtown Ventura • a change that rectifies an error or inaccuracy • a proceeding held by a judge, arbitrator, etc., • declare the punishment decided for (an offender) • filing lawsuits against criminal perpetrators or other responsible parties • ...
Criminal Court System 2017-11-29
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- the person charged with committing the offence
- Recording a speaker’s communication by using an electronic device
- the court official who records everything said during the trial
- court official to try cases in a court of law
- kinowingly making false statements in court while under oath
- The party that responds to an appeal
- The sentencing of the accused found guilty of the offence
- evidence given by a witness based in being hear/seen by someone else
- a standard of proof whereby the defendant guilt must be proven
- Typed record of everything said in court
- A jury that cannot reach a unanimous verdict
- the right of the Crown or defence to exclude someone from the jury for a particular reason
- a reply to the opposing side's rebuttal
- persons who give evidence while under oath
- Application to a higher court to review the decision made by a lower court
- court official responsible for jury management
- Lawyer representing the government, institutes proceedings against the accused
- The party that files an appeal
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- proof The judge’s explanation to the jurors of how law applies to the case before them.
- court official who assists the judge
- The interception of telephone communication
- right of the crown of the defence to exclude someone without providing a reason
- Contradict evidence introduced by the opposing side.
- information that proves or disproves the elements of the offence
- Also known as a lie detector test
- a court order requiring the witness to appear in court on a certain date
- the first questioning of a witness to determine what he/she observed about the crime
- Crown’s obligation to prove the guilt of the accused beyond a reasonable doubt
- A group of 12 people who decide if the accused is guilty or not guilty
- Court official who assists the sheriff
- lawyer who defends the accused
- second questioning of a witness
- evidence used to establish the likelihood the defendant is they type of person who either would or would not commit a crime
33 Clues: lawyer who defends the accused • The party that files an appeal • second questioning of a witness • Also known as a lie detector test • court official who assists the judge • The party that responds to an appeal • Court official who assists the sheriff • a reply to the opposing side's rebuttal • Typed record of everything said in court • ...
smf - criminal law 2017-04-08
Across
- failure or refusal to obey a court order or interfering with the functions of a court or legislative body.
- a successful assault, in which the victim actually & intentionally (or knowingly) struck by the defendant
- a person or leader of a narcotics trafficking network
- robbery of persons inhabiting a dwelling
- receive an additional sentence if dealing drugs within 1000 ft of school
- the intent necessary for one or more elements of an offense. Murder, for example, requires the special intent that the act be do intentionally or purposely.
- wrongful intrusion on the land or into premises of another person
- intentional acts that hinder, corrupt, or impede the functioning of the judicial system
- forcible stealing combined with the use of a deadly or dangerous weapon, or which results i serious bodily injury to another
- a person reaches into cash register after distracting employee, or grabs $ from an open register
- "confidence game" gain confidence of intended victim
Down
- obtaining property by threats differ from robbery, in that robbery requires threat of immediate danger
- used to indicate control over property & objects. That the defendant does not have in actual possession(like drugs in car or home)
- putting into circulation a check known to be worthless
- what is the number of scheduled drugs?
- (robbing/mugging) also called yoking (theft by force or threat of force).
- the act of obtaining physical possession or control of another's property. the key to taking is that the thief exercises unauthorized dominion over the property
- to place false or misleading information on a drug, or in ads used to sell a drug, or to promote it for unapproved use.
- a person who traffics in stolen property (receiving,concealing, possessing, buying, transferring, and so on
- when bailees & pledges have the lawful possession of property that belongs to others (car in shop)
- giving or selling national military or defense secrets to foreign country
21 Clues: what is the number of scheduled drugs? • robbery of persons inhabiting a dwelling • "confidence game" gain confidence of intended victim • a person or leader of a narcotics trafficking network • putting into circulation a check known to be worthless • wrongful intrusion on the land or into premises of another person • ...
Criminal Code Offences 2013-11-24
Across
- Using someone’s personal information without his or her consent to commit a crime
- To sell, administer, give, transfer, transport, send, or deliver a controlled substance
- A measure of concentration of alcohol in a person’s blood
- Any rifle or shotgun that is neither restricted nor prohibited
- Taking someone’s property without her or his consent
- A chemical substance that alters the structure or function of a living organism
- A firearm that needs to be registered
- The unlawful use of force or violence to further certain political or social objectives
- Murder that does not meet the conditions of first degree murder
- Presenting untruths or false information to induce the victim to act upon it
- Words, images, or actions that are offensive to public morality
- Entering someone’s premises without permission with intent to commit an indictable offence
- Homicide for which a person will not be held criminally responsible
- The most serious of the three levels of assault in Canadian law
- The legal right to a property
- Capable homicide that is not murder or infanticide
- The age at which a young person can legally consent sexual activity
- The killing of another person, directly or indirectly
- Intentional homicide
- The broad term for three levels of sexual assault
- Intentionally causing damage to property by fire
- Mercy killing, usually to relive suffering
Down
- Sexual activity in exchange for money
- Legal authority to possess and produce marijuana for medical purposes
- The most serious form of homicide, as defined in the Criminal Code
- Agreement given freely and voluntarily
- A firearm that a person is not allowed to possess
- A test given by police to check for impaired driving
- The second of three levels of assault in criminal law
- The criminal offence of driving a vehicle at high speeds in a reckless and dangerous manner
- The act of counselling, aiding, or abetting someone to committing suicide
- A vehicle that moves other than by muscular power, not including railway equipment
- Blamable or criminal homicide
- Theft involving violence or threats of violence
- Any material listed in the Controlled Drug and Substances Act
- The pursuit or repeated communication with an unwilling victim
- Communication for the purpose of prostitution
- The illegal, forced removal of a child from the custodial parents
- Intentional deceit in order to cause loss of property
39 Clues: Intentional homicide • Blamable or criminal homicide • The legal right to a property • Sexual activity in exchange for money • A firearm that needs to be registered • Agreement given freely and voluntarily • Mercy killing, usually to relive suffering • Communication for the purpose of prostitution • Theft involving violence or threats of violence • ...
