criminal minds Crossword Puzzles
Civil and Criminal Law 2020-06-18
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- 12 - 18 randoms citizens who decide the outcome of a trial.
- The opposite of guilty.
- Balance of _____ (civil law).
- The name for a proposed law.
- The name given to a law once it has been given assent.
- To slander or libel another person.
- Negligence is an example of this type of civil law.
- The level of proof needed in cases.
- The national parliament is also known as ____ parliament.
- A decision made by a judge that guides similar cases.
- The person accused of a crime.
- The upper house of federal parliament.
- Regulations that only apply to a particular group of people.
- Compensation or remedy for wrongs done in a civil case.
- Laws are designed to _____ people in society.
- The process that courts undertake to hear a case.
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- The judge presides over this.
- Law made by judges in court.
- The person bringing a case to civil court.
- The lowest level of courts in WA.
- The leader of federal parliament.
- Criminal cases need to be proved beyond reasonable ____.
- Laws that are made in Parliament.
- Murder cases are likely to be heard in this court.
- The fear of punishment is a _____ so people obey laws.
- Apply to a higher court to overturn a decision.
- Bills go through three stages of this.
- A formal rule that applies to all of society.
28 Clues: The opposite of guilty. • Law made by judges in court. • The name for a proposed law. • The judge presides over this. • Balance of _____ (civil law). • The person accused of a crime. • The lowest level of courts in WA. • The leader of federal parliament. • Laws that are made in Parliament. • To slander or libel another person. • The level of proof needed in cases. • ...
INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE 2020-02-04
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- a type of jury, which is comprised of 23 citizens sworn to hear evidence against an accused individual and determine whether there is enough evidence to bring that individual to trial
- a major reason for a request for a change of venue prior to the start of a trial
- a situation where the offender is released early from prison
- a type of sentence that may all be served at the same time, with the longest period controlling the time served by the individual
- a type of jury that cannot agree on a specific verdict at the conclusion of a criminal trial
- the crime must be reported and a complaint must be filed
- the AMENDMENT that grants the individual the right to a trial by jury
- during a criminal trial, which involves a plea of INSANITY, the BURDEN OF PROOF is placed on this individual
- a type of jury that determines the facts, which provides a verdict at the conclusion of a criminal trial
- a correctional facility where punishment for minor crimes are served
- formal accusation made by the grand jury, at least twelve jurors agree to send the case to trial
- the AMENDMENT that grants you the right to REMAIN SILENT and the right to attorney
- the individual is fingerprinted and photographed
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- a situation where the offender returns to the community but under supervision
- a correctional facility where punishment for serious crimes are served
- the individual is brought before the judge, advised of charges, bail may be set
- during a criminal trial, the BURDEN OF PROOF is placed on this individual
- the traditional purpose in the exchange of money is ensure that the accused individual would appear in court or at trial
- the AMENDMENT that protects you against unreasonable searches and seizure by law enforcement
- the accused is brought before the judge to hear the indictment, plea entered (guilty/not guilty)
- the individual is physically taken into custody, MIRANDA RIGHTS are read
- a type of sentence where one sentence is served by the individual before the other sentence can start
- jury selection, opening and closing statements by the PROSECUTION and the DEFENSE, verdict of jury
- suppression of evidence, change of venue, plea bargain
24 Clues: the individual is fingerprinted and photographed • suppression of evidence, change of venue, plea bargain • the crime must be reported and a complaint must be filed • a situation where the offender is released early from prison • a correctional facility where punishment for minor crimes are served • ...
Criminal Justice Terms 3 2021-08-02
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- A trial which is invalid because of some fundamental errors in procedure, wrongdoing or a hung jury. A judge can set the case for a new trial or retrial at a future date.
- An application made to a court or judge which requests a ruling or order in favor of the applicant.
- Nullification, The acquitting of a defendant by a jury in disregard of the judge’s instruction and contrary to the jury’s findings of fact. Often occurs because the jury is sympathetic towards the defendant or law which the defendant is charged.
- Studies, This term refers to methods used to examine firearms, documents, polygraph results, DNA, medical information, accounting and other information, and the use of handwriting experts and other known expert witnesses available to testify to their findings in court.
- This is a legal proceeding (not a trial) held before a judge or administrative body. Evidence and arguments are presented in an effort to resolve a disputed factual or legal issue.
- Recommendation for a sentence less than the maximum allowed.
- / Sentence, The official document of a judge’s disposition (decision) of a case and sentence of a defendant.
- Jury, A jury whose members cannot unanimously agree whether the accused is guilty or innocent.
- Appearance, An appearance is held in the jail within 24 hours of your arrest.
- Grant by the court, which assures someone will not face prosecution in return for providing criminal evidence.
- When a person is confined to a jail or prison.
- A felony is a serious criminal offense, usually punishable by a prison term or, in some cases, by death. Felonies are considered more severe than misdemeanors. Murder, extortion and kidnapping are some examples of felonies. Felonies are classified as 1st degree, 2nd degree, 3rd degree or capital felonies.
- That which, under the rules of evidence, cannot be admitted or received as evidence.
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- Evidence, Evidence which is relevant to the issues in a case.
- Jury, A body of persons with the authority to investigate and accuse, but not to try cases. The grand jury will listen to and review evidence to see if it there are sufficient grounds to bring an individual to trial.
- Questioning, usually by the police of a suspect in custody. The suspect is not obligated to answer the questions, and the fact that he/she has remained silent generally cannot be used by the prosecution to help prove guilt. If the suspect has asked for a lawyer, the police must cease questioning. If they do not, they cannot use the answers against the suspect at trial.
- , A crime, less serious than a felony, and punishable by jail time. Misdemeanors are classified as 1st degree and 2nd degree misdemeanors and are handled in County Court. Petty theft, first-time drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident are some examples of misdemeanor crimes.
- The killing of one human being by another human being.
- A formal written accusation made by a grand jury and filed in court, alleging that a specific person has committed a specific crime.
- Often run by sheriff and/or local governments are designed to hold individuals awaiting trial or serving short sentences (364 days or less).
- Having a witness is to introduce evidence intended to contradict testimony or to question his creditability.
- Warning, By law (Miranda v. Arizona ruling by the United States Supreme Court), anyone being questioned by authorities must first receive a ‘Miranda Warning’. This requirement exists to prevent the police / authorities from taking advantage of a person who does not know or fully understand their rights and thus speaks to the police and answers their questions without an attorney present. The Miranda Warning consists of the authorities explaining certain rights to a person before questioning them. These include: 1) You have the right to remain silent. 2) If you choose to speak, anything you say can be used against you in court. 3) If you decide to answer any questions, you may stop at any time and all questioning must cease. 4) You have a right to consult with your attorney before answering any questions. You have the right to have your attorney present if you decide to answer any questions, and if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you or appointed for you by the court without cost to you before any further questions may be asked.
- Arrest, (home confinement, home detention, electronic monitoring) is when a person is confined by authorities to his or her residence. House arrest is a lenient alternative to prison time or juvenile-detention time.
23 Clues: When a person is confined to a jail or prison. • The killing of one human being by another human being. • Recommendation for a sentence less than the maximum allowed. • Evidence, Evidence which is relevant to the issues in a case. • Appearance, An appearance is held in the jail within 24 hours of your arrest. • ...
Criminal Justice - Vehicle Vocab 2023-02-13
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- farm equipment that meets all of the following criteria: 1) equipped with pneumatic tires (unless prohibited for religious beliefs) 2) is infrequently operated or moved upon highways 3)is used for agriculture
- signs, signals, markings, devices for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic
- an individual acting in an official capacity as any of the following: police officer, sheriff, firefighter, coroner, fire police, ambulance personnel, towing and recovery personnel, etc.
- a license or permit to drive a motor vehicle issued under this title
- the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel
- any vehicle which is specifically designed, constructed, or modified and equipped and is used for providing emergency medical care to and transportation of human patients
- the part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway, measured from the curbs or, in absence of curbs, from the edges of a traversable roadway
- a motor vehicle, but not a reproduction thereof, manufactured at least 15 years prior to the current year which has been maintained in or restored to a condition which to conform with manufacturer specifications and appearance
- the actual distance that a vehicle has traveled
- a person who drives or is in an actual physical control of a vehicle
- a motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground
- a vehicle propelled solely by human-powered pedals
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- any explosive, blasting agent, flammable liquid, combustible liquid, flammable solid, flammable or nonflammable compressed gas, etc.
- a self-balancing, two-nontandem-wheeled device designed to transport only one person with an electric propulsion system
- the authority for a vehicle to operate on a highway as evidence by the ID card and plates
- a person having the property right or title to a vehicle
- a motor vehicle, but not a reproduction thereof, manufactured more than 25 years prior to the current year which as been maintained in or restored to a condition which is in conformance with manufacturer specifications
- any vehicle which is used or intended to be used and is maintained or operated for the purpose of transporting human organs or human tissue on an emergency basis
- a vehicle which is self-propelled except an electric personal assistive mobility device or a vehicle which is propelled solely by human behavior
- a motor vehicle designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver
20 Clues: the actual distance that a vehicle has traveled • a vehicle propelled solely by human-powered pedals • a person having the property right or title to a vehicle • a license or permit to drive a motor vehicle issued under this title • a person who drives or is in an actual physical control of a vehicle • ...
criminal justice JP-2 2023-05-03
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- Serious crimes, such as murder and kidnapping.
- for a crime.
- Less serious crimes like traffic violation.
- When the jury has to find the defendant guilty or
- A person who commits any type of crime.
- that the suspect did it.
- a punishment.
- A confirmation from a judge that the officer
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- Crimes that do not violate a persons
- When the defendant can plead guilty to a leaser
- corrections.
- A system that has police,courts
- Officer must have seen the crime and has
- A time where the defendant can get theirself together
- crimes Non-violent crimes
- A young person who commits a crime.
- permission to arrest or check their personal
- prove that they can change.
- When the juvenile is found guilty of a crime.
- Any act that breaks the law and for which there
- When the accused can plead guilty or not.
21 Clues: corrections. • for a crime. • a punishment. • that the suspect did it. • crimes Non-violent crimes • prove that they can change. • A system that has police,courts • A young person who commits a crime. • Crimes that do not violate a persons • A person who commits any type of crime. • Officer must have seen the crime and has • When the accused can plead guilty or not. • ...
Criminal Law Terms Reviwq 2016-05-11
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- In Criminal Law, actual imprisonment of physical detention
- The starting document for a less serious offense, the basis of all charges
- Detainment by a civilian of a person believed to have committed a crime
- Intentionally causing damage to property by fire
- The illegal, forced removal of a child from the custodial parent
- A legal document stating the criminal charge and the court date
- Entering someones premises without permission with intent to commit an indictable offence
- To detain a person legally and to charge him or her with a criminal offense
- The application or threat of force without the other person's consent
- Facts that would cause an average person to believe beyond a mere suspicion
- Blamable or criminal homicide
- An order by a judge to arrest the accused
- Type of murder without intent
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- A court order authorizing police to search a specific place at a specified time
- The pursuit or repeated communication with an unwilling victim
- Type of murder with intent
- Culpable homicide that is not murder or infanticide
- A deal between the Crown and the defense for a guilty plea to a lesser charge and penalty
- When the burden of proof is placed on the defense rather than the Crown
- The act of councelling, aiding, or abetting someone to commit suicide
- Intentional deceit in order to cause a loss of property
- Homicide for which a person will not be held criminally responsible, an accident
- Taking someone's property without his or her consent
- Theft involving violence or threats of violence
- Communicating for the purposes of prostitution
- To sell, administer, give, transfer, transport, send, or deliver a controlled substance
- The killing of another person, directly or indirectly
- Anything that is used to determine the truth in a court of law
28 Clues: Type of murder with intent • Blamable or criminal homicide • Type of murder without intent • An order by a judge to arrest the accused • Communicating for the purposes of prostitution • Theft involving violence or threats of violence • Intentionally causing damage to property by fire • Culpable homicide that is not murder or infanticide • ...
Criminal Justice Vocabulary Review 2022-03-14
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- Federal crimes punishable by sentences of less than a year; less serious than a felony
- Something, such as a need or desire, that causes a person to act
- A person who brings legal actions
- To observe or study by close examination
- Reversed a court ruling
- A declaration made by a witness under oath in a court of law
- An official place to review judicial evidence
- Free from legal guilt or fault
- Punishment formally announces by a court or judge in a criminal proceeding
- a legal proceeding by which a case is brought before a higher court for review of the decision of a lower court
- Proven responsible for a crime
- One who is legally appointed to transact business on another’s behalf
- People who get information, not easily gained by the public, to prevent further crimes
- One who is legally appointed to transact business on another’s behalf
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- A person who is being sued or accused of a crime in court
- A public official who impartially decides a dispute or controversy
- The finding or decision of a jury/judge
- Evidence that proves a fact by inference
- An attorney who conducts criminal proceedings on behalf of the government
- Federal crimes punishable by sentences of more than a year; more serious than misdemeanors
- To take or keep in custody by authority of law
- The examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death
- Something legally submitted to a court to determine the truth of a matter
- A person thought to be guilty of a crime
- A group of 6-12 people selected to decide the outcome of a trial based on evidence
- The formal examination of evidence before a court of law
26 Clues: Reversed a court ruling • Free from legal guilt or fault • Proven responsible for a crime • A person who brings legal actions • The finding or decision of a jury/judge • Evidence that proves a fact by inference • To observe or study by close examination • A person thought to be guilty of a crime • An official place to review judicial evidence • ...
Law & Criminal Justice Vocabulary 2023-09-06
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- Deliberate, or having thought about doing something before actually doing it
- The deliberate and malicious burning of another person's property
- Stalking or harassment using electronic communications
- An act or failure to act that violates a law and for which a government has a set penalty
- The deliberate destruction or defacement of another person's property
- The act of requesting or strongly urging someone to do something
- A person who helps a person commit the crime and is at the crime scene
- An effort to commit a crime that goes beyond mere preparation but does not result in the commission of the crime
- The act of following or harassing another person, causing the fear of death or injury
- A person who either orders the crime, helps the crime be committed, or helps cover up the crime but IS NOT at the crime scene
- The failure to exercise a reasonable amount of care in either doing, or not doing something, resulting in harm or injury to another person
- Unlawful physical contact inflicted by one person upon another without consent
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- The killing of another person (can be criminal, noncriminal, or negligent)
- The unlawful taking of another's property with the intent to steal it
- Ill will; deliberate intent to harm someone
- A person who commits a crime
- The act of restoring something to its owner; the act of making good for loss or damage; repaying or refunding illegally obtained money or property
- Latin term referring to state of mind
- Threat (or attempt) to carry out a physical attack upon another person
- An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime along with a substantial act toward committing the crime
- Imprisonment by the government
- Taking away a person against that person's will; aka Abduction
22 Clues: A person who commits a crime • Imprisonment by the government • Latin term referring to state of mind • Ill will; deliberate intent to harm someone • Stalking or harassment using electronic communications • Taking away a person against that person's will; aka Abduction • The act of requesting or strongly urging someone to do something • ...
Criminal Procedure Vocab Crossword 2024-03-29
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- When a person is charged with a crime, they must answer to that charge in court during an arraignment.
- A subpoena is a court order that requires a person to appear before a court, and testify, or produce specified evidence.
- An application to the court made by the prosecutor or defense attorney, requesting that the court make a decision on a certain issue before the trial begins.
- The trial is a structured process where the facts of a case are presented to a jury, and they decide if the defendant is guilty or not guilty of the charge offered.
- An individual (or business) against whom a lawsuit is filed.
- A group of people empowered to make findings of fact and render a verdict for trial.
- Evidence or arguments introduced to counter, disprove, or contradict the opposing party's evidence or argument, either at trial or in a reply brief.
- The amount of money defendants must post to be released from custody until their trial.
- An appeal is not another trial but an opportunity for the defendant to try to raise specific errors that might have occurred at trial.
- A diversion is an alternative procedure in a criminal case where the prosecution is interrupted through a deal between the defendant and the prosecutor where the prosecutor either dismisses the charges completely or does not bring any charges to begin with.
- Bond hearings happen at the beginning of a criminal case and determine whether a person can be released pre-trial.
- The process where information about a criminal suspect is entered into the system of a police station or jail after that person's arrest.
- A hearing prior to the trial, which all parties involved in the trial attempt to determine the issues, laws, or facts matter, before the court trial.
- An adjudication of a criminal defendants guilt.
- A charge is a formal accusation of criminal activity.
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- The pleading that starts a case.
- In law, the venue is the location where a case is heard.
- A gathering together of facts in a situation which will be tried in a court of law.
- Punishment for a crime that is court ordered.
- The use of legal authority to deprive a person of their freedom of movement.
- The first step in a criminal proceeding where the defendant is brought in front of the court to hear the charges against them and enter a plea.
- To consider the facts, the laws and/or other matters, particularly by members of a jury, a panel of judges or by any group including a legislature
- A group of people selected to sit on a jury that decide whether the prosecutor's evidence provides probable cause to issue an indictment.
- How you gather the evidence you will need to prove your case as a plaintiff, or defeat the plaintiff's case as a defendant.
- The formal decision or judgement rendered by a court at the conclusion of a trial or legal proceeding.
25 Clues: The pleading that starts a case. • Punishment for a crime that is court ordered. • An adjudication of a criminal defendants guilt. • A charge is a formal accusation of criminal activity. • In law, the venue is the location where a case is heard. • An individual (or business) against whom a lawsuit is filed. • ...
Criminal Justice Crossword 1 2024-02-12
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- Term for law giving belief in one’s secrecy.
- Document listing civil rights and liberties.
- The Amendment which deals with Search and Seizure and Privacy laws.
- Term for when evidence is found ille therefore being disregarded on trial.
- Level of court systems who only deals with appeals from lower courts.
- Transaction of money to Court that allows you to leave jail until the trial.
- The Amendment which deals with SelfIncrimination.
- The Amendment which deals with due process and trial delay.
- The overuse and abuse of criminal law to address every societal problem and punish every mistake.
- The approval to search and seize given by a judge.
- Term for evidence allowance due to evidence having been found soon regardless of charges on individual.
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- Suspicion that prompts an unwarranted or warranted search.
- A person or group who are on the receiving end of an appeal.
- The term for a fair process or judgement.
- Term that promises speedy trial, prevents government from taking liberties, property, and life.
- The term for an unfair process or judgement.
- The Amendment which deals with context of death penalty and cruel or unusual punishment.
- Term for light crimes being assigned with harsh punishments.
- Term for protection from being tried more than once for the same crime.
- A person or group who appeals the previous judgement of a trial.
20 Clues: The term for a fair process or judgement. • Term for law giving belief in one’s secrecy. • Document listing civil rights and liberties. • The term for an unfair process or judgement. • The Amendment which deals with SelfIncrimination. • The approval to search and seize given by a judge. • Suspicion that prompts an unwarranted or warranted search. • ...
Criminal Justice Quiz #1 2024-02-12
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- -trials final decision maker
- -suspicions supported by fact
- -search without a warrant is a ____ of people’s rights
- -bond
- -place and person
- -common character used in political cartoon representing the US
- - eighth amendment
- - Mapp vs ___
- -empty jails
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- - no crime can be tried twice
- -athletic drug tests
- -drawing used as political commentary
- -case ___ was the monitoring and recording of a conversation without permission
- - percent of African American inmates
- 2nd step in 5-step process
- -entitled to a ___
- -bill of rights is inspired by who?
- -no legal warrant
- -respondent
- - first 10 amendments
- -told to you when detained
21 Clues: -bond • -respondent • -empty jails • - Mapp vs ___ • -no legal warrant • - eighth amendment • -athletic drug tests • - first 10 amendments • -entitled to a ___ • -place and person • 2nd step in 5-step process • -told to you when detained • -trials final decision maker • -suspicions supported by fact • - no crime can be tried twice • -bill of rights is inspired by who? • ...
Code of Criminal Procedure 2025-09-25
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- duces tecum, A written order requiring a person to appear at a certain place and time to bring documents and/or to give testimony.
- order, is a court-issued document designed to safeguard a victim of violence, abuse, or harassment by imposing restrictions on an alleged abuser.
- of Habeas Corpus, a court order, intended for any peace officer to produce the person in custody before a judge to justify their detention.
- of the evidence, is a legal standard of proof requiring a party to show that something is more likely than not true, or that there is a greater than 50% chance it happened as described.
- Jury, A panel of 16-23 citizens who hear evidence generally presented by the prosecutor and decide whether there is enough evidence to issue an indictment to formally charge the accused with a crime.
- Cause, A reasonable ground for belief that defendant committed a specific crime or that an identified location contains specific items connected with a crime.
- an order signed by a magistrate authorizing law enforcement to arrest an individual to bring them before the court for failing to appear at a hearing.
- A lawyer representing the municipal, county and state or federal government in criminal proceedings.
- A notice signed by a magistrate requiring a person’s appearance in court on or by a specific day and time.
- A statement of facts that is written down and the truth of which is sworn to before an officer who can administer oaths.
- A serious crime that is generally punishable by imprisonment of more than one year.
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- A formal, written accusation that charges defendant with a particular crime and is brought by the grand jury, rather than by the prosecutor.
- Dire, The pretrial questioning of individuals who are potential jurors to decide whether they can be on a jury.
- ex-parte order, is a short-term court order granting immediate protection to someone in danger without the abuser's presence at the initial hearing, typically issued when a judge finds a clear and present danger of harm, such as in cases of family violence
- beyond a reasonable Doubt, The belief that there is a real possibility that a defendant is guilty.
- The act of trying a defendant in court for a crime.
- A formal written statement of the charge(s) made directed to the court which initiates a case by accusing an individual of committing a crime.
- bond with the court that allows the release of a suspect or defendant from jail before or after a criminal proceeding or trial has begun. The general purpose of bail is to ensure that the suspect or defendant shows up to their next court proceeding. Bail Bond. A promise by a surety to deposit money or property with the court that allows the release of a suspect or defendant from jail.
- A crime that is usually punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, a $500 fine.
- is the person or entity who initiates the lawsuit, claiming the other party has caused them harm or failed to fulfill a legal duty.
- A judicially imposed sentence that, subject to specific conditions, allows the defendant to be released into the community instead of serving time in prison.
- Attorney, A public official appointed or elected to represent the State in a particular district and to prosecute crimes in that district.
22 Clues: The act of trying a defendant in court for a crime. • A serious crime that is generally punishable by imprisonment of more than one year. • A crime that is usually punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, a $500 fine. • beyond a reasonable Doubt, The belief that there is a real possibility that a defendant is guilty. • ...
Clone of Criminal Law 2024-09-26
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- Someone who knowingly helps a criminal escape from the police.
- Federal or provincial statutes meant to protect public welfare.
- waton or reckless disregard or the safety/ lives of others.
- Defence that the accused took every precaution to avoid committing the offence.
- The reason a person commits a crime.
- Helping the perpetrator commit the crime.
- Intention to commit a crime though it is not completed.
- Offences which do not require mens reas.
- The person who actually commits the crime
- Consciously taking an unjustifiable risk.
- Intention to commit the crime even if it is not complete.
- Desire to commit a crime without ulterior motive.
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- Awareness of facts that can establish mens rea.
- An agreement between two parties to commit a crime even though it is not gone through with.
- "the guilty act"
- "the guilty mind"
- Legal responsibility for wrongful action.
- Those who are indirectly involved with committing the crime.
- An act or omission of an act that is prohibited and punishable by the Federal state.
- Advising the perpetrator as to how to commit the crime.
- Laws which cover less series offences at provincial and municipal level.
- Deliberate closing of the mind to the possible consequence of someone's actions.
- Body of law which relates to crime.
- Shared responsibility among criminals for any additional offences that are committed.
- Desire to commit a crime to accomplish something.
- To encourage someone to commit a crime.
26 Clues: "the guilty act" • "the guilty mind" • Body of law which relates to crime. • The reason a person commits a crime. • To encourage someone to commit a crime. • Offences which do not require mens reas. • Legal responsibility for wrongful action. • Helping the perpetrator commit the crime. • The person who actually commits the crime • Consciously taking an unjustifiable risk. • ...
The criminal justice system 2024-12-06
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- a law that prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial.
- a jail or prison sentence that has a definite length and can't be reviewed or changed by a parole board or any other agency.
- in law, the practice of negotiating an agreement between the prosecution and the defense whereby the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser offense or (in the case of multiple offenses) to one or more of the offenses charged in exchange for more lenient sentencing, recommendations, a specific sentence,
- a provision in a contract that generally provides a promise specifying that something is true or will happen
- a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.
- requires state actors to provide certain procedural protections before they deprive a person of any protected life, liberty, or property interest.
- law enforcement stops – or checkpoints – designed to randomly stop vehicles on the roadway to check whether drivers are impaired.
- searches of automobiles, baggage, purses, wallets, outer clothing, and other goods entering the country.
- a preliminary examination of a witness or a juror by a judge or counsel.
- indirect evidence that does not, on its face, prove a fact in issue but gives rise to a logical inference that the fact exists.
- a defendant's or lawyer's objection to a proposed juror, made without needing to give a reason.
- a jury that is unable to reach a verdict by the required voting margin
- a warrant issued by a public officer which authorizes the arrest and detention of an individual.
- looks to whether there is a sufficient substantive justification, a good enough reason for such a deprivation
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- to spend time in prison.
- a power or privilege held by the general public, usually as the result of a constitution, statute, regulation, or judicial precedent.
- a form of criminal punishment that lie between total confinement and probation.
- government officers carry out a search or arrest without a warrant or any other legal authorization
- focuses on preliminary criminal matters only and assesses evidence presented by a prosecutor to determine whether there is “probable cause” to believe an individual committed a crime and should be put on trial.
- the state of being confined in prison; imprisonment.
- government actors must follow certain procedures before they may deprive a person of a protected life, liberty, or property interest.
- any tangible object that can connect an offender to a crime scene
- evidence of a fact based on a witness's personal knowledge of that fact acquired by means of the witness's senses.
- a judgment that a person is not guilty of the crime with which the person has been charged.
- a legal document authorizing a police officer or other official to enter and search premises.
- a minor wrongdoing.
- the rights (as the right to remain silent, to have an attorney present, and to have an attorney appointed if indigent) of which an arresting officer must advise the person being arrested
- 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.
- the restoration of something lost or stolen to its proper owner.
- usually the first court date in a criminal case.
30 Clues: a minor wrongdoing. • to spend time in prison. • usually the first court date in a criminal case. • a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime. • the state of being confined in prison; imprisonment. • the restoration of something lost or stolen to its proper owner. • any tangible object that can connect an offender to a crime scene • ...
The Criminal Justice System 2024-12-03
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- a repayment by an offender to a victim for losses, damages, or injuries resulting from a crime
- The type of felony that accompanies wiretapping, computer fraud, hacking, cyberstalking
- the defendant must report to an officer, who ensures that the defendant is following certain conditions set down by the judge
- the process where the lawyers and judge in a case question potential jurors to determine if there is any reason to disqualify them
- The rights every suspect has and that law enforcement are required to follow certain procedures during the arrest of a suspect
- when the judge dismisses the jurors, the prosecutor then has the option of retrying the case with a new jury
- a formal accusation of criminal behavior handed down by a grand jury
- sentencing option where the defendant has to pay a certain amount of money to the government
- an agreement in which a defendant pleads guilty in returns for a lesser charged or reduced sentence
- The type of felony that accompanies murder, assault and battery, and kidnapping
- 63% of crimes committed by state prisoners in 2016
- The type of felony that accompanies counterfeiting, blackmail, band fraud, credit card fraud, investment fraud
- The type of felony that accompanies treason, jury tampering, perjury, tax fraud, and bribery of a public official
- A serious crime that is usually punishable by more than one year in prison
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- The type of felony that accompanies gambling and prostitution
- imprisonment in a jail, prison, or other correctional facility.
- The type of evidence such as DNA, fingerprints, and handwriting
- release the sentencing option where the defendant must pay back or make up for whatever losses the victim has sustained
- A minor crime, punishable by a fine or no more than one year in prison
- rather than a prison sentence, the defendant serves time at home and can leave only for preapproved reasons
- the sentencing option where the defendant doesn’t have to serve time in prison immediately, but may have to if rearrested
- the sentencing option where the judge sets a specific amount of time that a criminal must serve in prison
- The type of felony that accompanies threats to public peace and safety and environmental pollution
- The type of felony that accompanies possession, manufacture, and distribution of drugs
- the defendant must pay back or make up for whatever losses the victim has sustained
- the felonies that are punishable by death
- A group of citizens who examine the evidence in a serious criminal case
- Being let off the hook for your crimes by the president
- the sentencing where the criminal a variable term in prison
- The type of felony that accompanies Theft, burglary, shoplifting, robbery, and arson
30 Clues: the felonies that are punishable by death • 63% of crimes committed by state prisoners in 2016 • Being let off the hook for your crimes by the president • the sentencing where the criminal a variable term in prison • The type of felony that accompanies gambling and prostitution • imprisonment in a jail, prison, or other correctional facility. • ...
Criminal and Personal Law 2025-01-14
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- petitioning a higher court to review a case to reverse errors made at trial
- determining if laws are in agreement with the US Constitution
- bringing a defendant before a judge to allow him or her to hear the charges that were filed and make a plea
- Traffic cases, misdemeanors, claims under $4,500
- counsel employed to represent a defendant
- the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
- a court document that directs a law enforcement officer to arrest a person and bring them to court
- the steps by which legal judgements are determined
- part against which a case is brought in a criminal or civil trial
- guarantees and procedures built into the legal system into safeguard the civil rights of individuals
- deals with private offenses such as violation of contracts
- prohibits unwarranted searches and seizures by the government
- the sharing of powers and responsibilities between the country's government as a whole (the federal government) and individual state governments
- a panel which receive complaints and accusations of crimes, hears preliminary evidence, and hands down indictments
- prohibits cruel and unusual punishment
- the jury members who speaks for the body of a whole
- clerical aspect of an arrest
- lawyer, barrister
- a monetary amount set to ensure the accused will appear in court
- the document that defines the United States government, and set forth the rights of all American citizens
- on cross examination, not allowing the witness time to answer the question
- an accusation of guilt; usually the first step in a criminal prosecution
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- the witness is stating a generality about someone
- there's no way the witness could know or should expected to know the answer to the question
- case brought by the government against a person accused of committing a crime
- apprehending a person who is suspected of a crime
- 14th amendment: no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without legal protection
- period of questioning in a trial when the lawyers of one side question their own witness
- the period of questioning in a trial when the lawyers of one side interrogate a witness from the opposing side
- state court with jurisdiction in criminal matters over felonies
- a sworn, written statement
- crime where punishment is at least one (1) year in prison
- mones paid or awarded in civil cases to compensate for harm suffered by the plaintiff
- termination of human life by the government as punishment for a crime
- money or action to correct the wrong
- prohibits evidence obtained by means of an unlawful seizure from being admitted in a court of law
- protects against self incrimination
- felonies and misdemeanors
- plea where the defendent admits committing the crime
- legal disputes between individuals/organizations not involving criminal matters
40 Clues: lawyer, barrister • felonies and misdemeanors • a sworn, written statement • clerical aspect of an arrest • protects against self incrimination • money or action to correct the wrong • prohibits cruel and unusual punishment • counsel employed to represent a defendant • Traffic cases, misdemeanors, claims under $4,500 • the witness is stating a generality about someone • ...
MÉTODOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN CRIMINAL 2025-03-01
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- Ciencia que estudia el crimen, el comportamiento del delincuente y la reacción social ante el delito.
- Propuesta de solución basada en el análisis del fenómeno criminal.
- Herramienta para recolectar información mediante preguntas abiertas o cerradas.
- Proceso estructurado para estudiar fenómenos basado en observación, hipótesis y formulación de explicaciones.
- Acto que implica motivos individuales y antisociales que afectan la integridad social.
- Narración de las características observadas en el objeto de estudio.
- Aplicación de conocimientos en psicología y criminología para evaluar la conducta de criminales.
- Acto u omisión sancionado por las leyes penales.
- Técnica que revela delitos no denunciados y proporciona información sobre las circunstancias de los crímenes.
- Perspectiva que analiza el crimen como parte de la estructura social y su función dentro de ella.
- Aplica conocimientos generales a casos específicos para interpretarlos o resolverlos.
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- Estrategias diseñadas para reducir la criminalidad mediante el estudio de factores de riesgo.
- Elementos que aumentan la probabilidad de que una persona cometa un delito.
- Trastorno de la personalidad caracterizado por desprecio hacia normas sociales y derechos ajenos.
- Examina la criminalidad desde teorías sociológicas como el etiquetamiento y el conflicto.
- Teoría sociológica que explica cómo la sociedad influye en la identidad de un individuo a través de estigmatización.
- Conjunto de hechos criminales que ocurren en una sociedad.
- Análisis minucioso del objeto de estudio en sus partes.
- Comparación de la agresividad en animales y humanos para estudiar predisposición a la violencia.
- Comportamiento que va en contra del orden social y puede destruir la convivencia.
- Uso intencional de la fuerza física o amenazas que pueden causar daño físico, psicológico o la muerte.
- Analiza el pasado de un sujeto o fenómeno criminal para entender su evolución.
- Estudio sistemático de los factores que influyen en la criminalidad para desarrollar estrategias de prevención.
- Uso de datos cuantitativos sobre delitos para analizar tendencias y patrones delictivos.
- Parte del análisis de casos particulares para llegar a conclusiones generales.
25 Clues: Acto u omisión sancionado por las leyes penales. • Análisis minucioso del objeto de estudio en sus partes. • Conjunto de hechos criminales que ocurren en una sociedad. • Propuesta de solución basada en el análisis del fenómeno criminal. • Narración de las características observadas en el objeto de estudio. • ...
Criminal Justice Cross word 2025-04-30
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- Group that decides guilt or innocence
- A minor crime
- Proof presented in court
- Someone who saw a crime
- Found responsible for a crime
- Law enforcement officers
- Decision made by a jury
- Where legal trial takes place
- Request for a higher court review
- Taking someone into custody
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- Early release from prison
- Legal Reprensentative
- Intentionally setting fire to property
- Deception for financial gain
- An act punishable by law
- Threat or attempt to harm
- A serious crime
- proof of being elsewhere during a crime
- Fairness in the legal system
- Precides over court proceedings
- Legal process to determine guilt
- Taking Someone else's property
- The killing of one person by another
- Unlawful entry to commit a crime
- Formal declaration of guilt
- Money paid for release from custody
26 Clues: A minor crime • A serious crime • Legal Reprensentative • Decision made by a jury • An act punishable by law • Proof presented in court • Someone who saw a crime • Law enforcement officers • Early release from prison • Threat or attempt to harm • Formal declaration of guilt • Taking someone into custody • Deception for financial gain • Fairness in the legal system • ...
Criminal Poetry Brain Teaser 2024-07-18
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- kingdom in the poem
- the speaker's attitude to life
- boy's company
- Matthew's walk
- author of the poem 'Stealing'
- month Charlotte was killed
- used to twist the doorknob
- stolen bust
- type of poem
- boy's feeling toward the cat
- characteristic of the snowman
- Charlotte's jewellery
- centred around the theme of death
- Charlotte's killer
- most unusual thing the speaker stole
- where Charlotte's beads were found
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- size of cat
- type of question in the last line
- age of the boy
- the speaker's stealing pattern
- trait of the speaker
- adjective the speaker uses to describe himself
- colour of Charlotte's shawl
- poet of 'A Case of Murder'
- cold cunning constable
- type of ghost the speaker is
- animal killed by the boy
- black fur squealed
- murder tool
- boy's reaction to death of the cat
- soft as sable
31 Clues: size of cat • stolen bust • murder tool • type of poem • boy's company • soft as sable • age of the boy • Matthew's walk • black fur squealed • Charlotte's killer • kingdom in the poem • trait of the speaker • Charlotte's jewellery • cold cunning constable • animal killed by the boy • month Charlotte was killed • used to twist the doorknob • poet of 'A Case of Murder' • colour of Charlotte's shawl • ...
Criminal justice-Abdyl lawson 2025-09-22
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- documents describing the powers of the federal government and the rights of the citizens that will be protected
- some people will do bad things for their political views
- taking these will cause you to do things you normally wouldn’t
- 1829 first uniform police force known as “Bobbies”
- illegal acts
- 44bc Julius Caesar was assassinated
- crimes against property
- illegal acts for witch people can be punished
- too much of this can cause you to make bad decisions
- 1760bc earliest known law code
- the Chinese were the first to use this to identify people
- the first person ever is convicted of a crime through the use of ___ evidence
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- a process by which criminal conduct is investigated
- unemployment causes this
- 1886 inspector Thomas Byrnes published a book of photos of known criminals
- 500bc laws enforced by Roman military being a Roman citizen gave you rights over others in Roman society
- crimes against morality
- crimes against the person
- different ways for a group of people to come together as a community
- 621bc law code written for Athens and grease gave power to the government to punish crimes
20 Clues: illegal acts • crimes against morality • crimes against property • unemployment causes this • crimes against the person • 1760bc earliest known law code • 44bc Julius Caesar was assassinated • illegal acts for witch people can be punished • 1829 first uniform police force known as “Bobbies” • a process by which criminal conduct is investigated • ...
Vocab #4 2025-12-14
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- A criminal court is a court of law that hears cases involving offenses against the state or government
- a minor wrongdoing
- of, by, or appropriate to a court or judge
- 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.
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- a civil officer or lay judge who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court that deals with minor offenses and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones.
- make a serious or urgent request, typically to the public, or law situations
- a civil court is a court that handles disputes between individuals, organizations, or both, rather than criminal matters
- the official power to make legal decisions and judgments
- an authoritative order; a decree
- 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 public official appointed to decide cases in a court of law.
- a tribunal presided over by a judge, judges, or a magistrate in civil and criminal cases
- the system of rules in a particular country or community
13 Clues: a minor wrongdoing • an authoritative order; a decree • of, by, or appropriate to a court or judge • the official power to make legal decisions and judgments • the system of rules in a particular country or community • a public official appointed to decide cases in a court of law. • make a serious or urgent request, typically to the public, or law situations • ...
Civics and Citizenship 2022-11-03
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- a murder. is this criminal or civil
- you have an issue with recycling. what level of government should you speak to
- 4th level of court hierarchy
- 3rd level of court hierarchy
- 1st level of court hierarchy
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- 5th level of court Hierarchy
- a defamation case. is this criminal or civil
- there is an election for prime minister. what level of government does this concern
- 2nd level of court hierarchy
- there is an election for premier coming up. what level of government does this concern
10 Clues: 5th level of court Hierarchy • 2nd level of court hierarchy • 4th level of court hierarchy • 3rd level of court hierarchy • 1st level of court hierarchy • a murder. is this criminal or civil • a defamation case. is this criminal or civil • you have an issue with recycling. what level of government should you speak to • ...
2015 'N' Level Section C Vocab 2022-05-04
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- giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.
- extremely useful; indispensable.
- not revealed or made known publicly.
- one of two or more available possibilities.
- the state or period of babyhood or early childhood.
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- the institution and conducting of legal proceedings against someone in respect of a criminal charge.
- close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal.
- keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties.
- criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.
- only just; almost not.
10 Clues: only just; almost not. • extremely useful; indispensable. • not revealed or made known publicly. • one of two or more available possibilities. • the state or period of babyhood or early childhood. • keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties. • close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal. • ...
CH. 1 Vocabulary 2024-08-27
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- the process officially recording an entry into detention after arrest, identifying the person, place, time, reason for the arrest, and the arresting authority.
- _____ Model a criminal justice perspective that assumes the system’s components function primarily to serve their own interests, with justice being a product of conflicts among agencies.
- is the scientific study of the causes and prevention of crime, as well as the rehabilitation and punishment of offenders.
- ____Process a right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution that ensures the due course of legal proceedings according to established rules and forms for protecting individual rights.
- _____Sentence is one of two or more sentences imposed and served in sequence with other sentences after conviction for more than one offense.
- ____Justice refers to the criminal (penal) law, the law of criminal procedure, and the array of procedures and activities related to the enforcement of this body of law.
- ______Sentence is one of two or more sentences imposed and served at the same time, even if they are for more than one offense.
- ______Cause refers to a set of facts and circumstances that induce a reasonable person to believe a crime has been committed, allowing police seizures and searches
- ______Hearing is a proceeding before a judicial officer to determine if a crime was committed, if it occurred within the court’s jurisdiction, and if there are reasonable grounds to believe the defendant committed the crime.
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- ______Justice is an ideal linked to fundamental notions of fairness and cultural beliefs about right and wrong, embracing all aspects of civilized life.
- is a formal, written accusation submitted by a grand jury, alleging that a specified person has committed a felony.
- the examination in court of the issues of fact and relevant law for the purpose of convicting or acquitting the defendant.
- ____Jury is a group of jurors who hear evidence to determine if there is sufficient evidence to bring an accused person to trial or investigate criminal activity.
- is the existence within one society of diverse groups that maintain unique cultural identities while participating in the larger society’s legal and political system.
- the conduct in violation of the criminal laws of a state, the federal government, or a local jurisdiction, for which there is no legally acceptable justification or excuse.
15 Clues: is a formal, written accusation submitted by a grand jury, alleging that a specified person has committed a felony. • is the scientific study of the causes and prevention of crime, as well as the rehabilitation and punishment of offenders. • ...
Chup Daily Crossword 2020-12-05
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- The ugliest princess alive
- It shows us the way
- It infects our minds
- Kill the traitor at all costs
- The filth in our ocean
- It is a sin that opposes our way of life
- The foundation of our city
- It's our way of life
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- Our idol
- Our lord and saviour, He who united us
- Our lifelong enemies
- A fool who dares threaten us
- Our annual celebration
- It blinds us
- We live alongside them
15 Clues: Our idol • It blinds us • It shows us the way • It infects our minds • Our lifelong enemies • It's our way of life • Our annual celebration • The filth in our ocean • We live alongside them • The ugliest princess alive • The foundation of our city • A fool who dares threaten us • Kill the traitor at all costs • Our lord and saviour, He who united us • ...
J Town Quest 2023-08-16
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- when you join two ropes together
- Many gallons falling
- There are a hundred and eighty of them
- New in 2023 a place to bury
- ________ hole
- Core __________
- you tie this to something
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- Figure Eight ________
- It's steel jaws make rocks tremble
- Named Storm
- One degree of _____ equals 60 Nautical Miles
- Big and orange it fly's in the sky
- Populating the sky and our minds
- Where you are constantly lifting ore
- You awake to this smell
15 Clues: Named Storm • ________ hole • Core __________ • Many gallons falling • Figure Eight ________ • You awake to this smell • you tie this to something • New in 2023 a place to bury • when you join two ropes together • Populating the sky and our minds • It's steel jaws make rocks tremble • Big and orange it fly's in the sky • Where you are constantly lifting ore • ...
Greek Figures Game 2021-11-08
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- Socrates was thrown in ____ for corrupting young minds
- Apasia was ___________ (ed)
- Themistocles helped defeat the _______
- Themistocles was able to convince everyone to _____ a massive navy
- Cleisthenes was ______ from Athens
- Socrates was found ____ of corruption of the youth
- Pericles built the _________
- Cleisthenes enemies were _______
- Aspasia's ___ was not Athenian
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- Socrates was a ___________ (er)
- Pericles ________ his wife for Aspasia (ed)
- Pericles introduced payment for ____ service
- Cleisthenes is the father of _________
- Aspasia’s partner Pericles died of the ______
- Themistocle was elected to the post of ______
15 Clues: Apasia was ___________ (ed) • Pericles built the _________ • Aspasia's ___ was not Athenian • Socrates was a ___________ (er) • Cleisthenes enemies were _______ • Cleisthenes was ______ from Athens • Themistocles helped defeat the _______ • Cleisthenes is the father of _________ • Pericles ________ his wife for Aspasia (ed) • Pericles introduced payment for ____ service • ...
Wings of Fire Characters 2022-03-28
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- Cricket's sister
- Glory's bodygaurd
- Tsunami's animus sister
- Sundew's girlfriend
- the IceWings' last animus
- SilkWing flamesilk (Luna's brother)
- Dragon who can read minds and have prophecies (at Jade Mountatin Academy)
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- SandWing who raised the dragonets of destiny
- Cricket's little HiveWing orphan
- Dragon with dangerous firescales
- Queen of the IceWings after Glacier
- new queen of the SandWings
- the IceWing who was Queen Scarlett's prisoner and was disguised as the SkyWing Pyrite
- Glory's half-brother
- Scarlett's daughter
15 Clues: Cricket's sister • Glory's bodygaurd • Sundew's girlfriend • Scarlett's daughter • Glory's half-brother • Tsunami's animus sister • the IceWings' last animus • new queen of the SandWings • Cricket's little HiveWing orphan • Dragon with dangerous firescales • Queen of the IceWings after Glacier • SilkWing flamesilk (Luna's brother) • SandWing who raised the dragonets of destiny • ...
October Crisis Crossword 2025-03-06
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- How many Arrested
- People outside of Quebec supported The FLQ but changed their minds Why
- Start year
- How did Peirre Trudeu respond
- Why were Canadians Concernd
- Emergencies Act
- How many People were arrested after the War Mesures Act was invoked
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- Why were journlists arrested during the October crisis
- kidnaped FLQ
- Forced to speak
- Power
- FLQ Function
- How many French Canadians supported the War Mesures acte being used
- demands Why was James Cross kidnaped
- When did French become Qubecs official languge
15 Clues: Power • Start year • kidnaped FLQ • FLQ Function • Forced to speak • Emergencies Act • How many Arrested • Why were Canadians Concernd • How did Peirre Trudeu respond • demands Why was James Cross kidnaped • When did French become Qubecs official languge • Why were journlists arrested during the October crisis • How many French Canadians supported the War Mesures acte being used • ...
Words for PLTW 2022-01-21
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- A wild outbreak
- Something always changing or getting better
- plays a part in something else
- your attitude toward something
- Interconnected things in a group
- Mental resource on object or event
- Mental health professional who studies human minds
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- Hand help computers
- Takes your attention from something else
- How many living organisms are in that place
- A learning disability that makes it hard to Read and spell
- On the internet
- Connection between things
- To concentrate
- Data organized a certain way
15 Clues: To concentrate • A wild outbreak • On the internet • Hand help computers • Connection between things • Data organized a certain way • plays a part in something else • your attitude toward something • Interconnected things in a group • Mental resource on object or event • Takes your attention from something else • How many living organisms are in that place • ...
Corporate Shared Services - What we do 2020-08-17
Across
- 9 months in the making rules
- equity under lock and key
- the act of agreeing
- governs SOW
- buying goods or services
- Zuckerberg's nightmare
- gatherings with ennui/(sp?)
- parting "gift"
- health law regulation, not animal
- agreement vault
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- could be iron or fingernail shavings
- diligence search and share
- Whackamole / Robert's Rules of Order
- who's who at QBE
- forever learning
- unsolicited is not the best
- meeting of the minds
- products of the mind
- a cloud execution
- one route of the "L" in Chicago
- lessen the gravity
- type of beer; to write
- aka work order
23 Clues: governs SOW • parting "gift" • aka work order • agreement vault • who's who at QBE • forever learning • a cloud execution • lessen the gravity • the act of agreeing • meeting of the minds • products of the mind • Zuckerberg's nightmare • type of beer; to write • buying goods or services • equity under lock and key • diligence search and share • unsolicited is not the best • ...
Brainrot On the Clock 2025-01-08
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- 30-day Rot Repository
- Whirler
- To Send
- Quickly Screwed
- Begets worry about the passage it traveled through
- Reeeeeeeeee
- Don't Drop it!
- ???
- On the Right
- Puck
- D/B Eng. Sup.
- Actually just you
- Hydrated
- Monday Businessman
- Always
- Got hit up
- Keeping it steady
- lt 3 *
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- Biweekly Ask
- On the left
- Certified Word
- Untimely Laws of the Land
- Oceanview (abrv.)
- Toothy
- Awake On A Raft
- Unproven
- Meeting of the minds (abbr.)
- Commentary on one's lunch, perhaps.
- PCs
- Often not where they should be
- Unwanted Hanging
31 Clues: ??? • PCs • Puck • Toothy • Always • lt 3 * • Whirler • To Send • Unproven • Hydrated • Got hit up • On the left • Reeeeeeeeee • Biweekly Ask • On the Right • D/B Eng. Sup. • Certified Word • Don't Drop it! • Quickly Screwed • Awake On A Raft • Unwanted Hanging • Oceanview (abrv.) • Actually just you • Keeping it steady • Monday Businessman • 30-day Rot Repository • Untimely Laws of the Land • Meeting of the minds (abbr.) • ...
Wings Of Fire Books 6-10 2025-03-08
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- SkyWing firescales,"Scarlet's dancing monkey of fiery death" as described by Qibli
- Nightwing that can read minds and tell the future
- Foeslayer's new name
- Headmaster of Jade Academy
- Winter's sister
- Main winglet of the series
- Where Moon grew up
- Librarian of Jade Academy
- Moon's father
- Anemone's winglet
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- Darkstalker's new name
- Excitable RainWing
- Moon's mother
- Qibli's mother
- Peril's father
- Secret SeaWing animus
- Queen Thorn's loyal advisor
- Main villain of the series
- The dragon wearing the Pyrite mask
- Queen Ruby's real identity
- Qibli's grandfather
- Chameleon's SkyWing form
- Chameleon's MudWing form
- Fireproof MudWing
- Haughty IceWing prince
25 Clues: Moon's mother • Moon's father • Qibli's mother • Peril's father • Winter's sister • Fireproof MudWing • Anemone's winglet • Excitable RainWing • Where Moon grew up • Qibli's grandfather • Foeslayer's new name • Secret SeaWing animus • Darkstalker's new name • Haughty IceWing prince • Chameleon's SkyWing form • Chameleon's MudWing form • Librarian of Jade Academy • Headmaster of Jade Academy • ...
Lane Tech 2025-05-08
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- Streets lane is located on
- Honors former Champions
- The Lane Tech _____
- Football stadium
- 7th and 8th graders go to the..
- Runs the whole school
- Every morning, there is a.....
- Humanities program
- Frosh/Soph sometimes practices at
- Performances happen in the...
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- Our school is named after….
- Year Lane Tech was established
- STEM program
- Lane Tech is famous for it's ____ clubs
- Fuel for young minds
- Champion colors
- You’ll be sent to _____ if you forget your ID
- Principal
- Center Need help writing? Go to the….
- Where you eat lunch if you don't like the lunchroom
20 Clues: Principal • STEM program • Champion colors • Football stadium • Humanities program • The Lane Tech _____ • Fuel for young minds • Runs the whole school • Honors former Champions • Streets lane is located on • Our school is named after…. • Performances happen in the... • Year Lane Tech was established • Every morning, there is a..... • 7th and 8th graders go to the.. • ...
Fahrenheit 451 2025-08-27
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- main character
- the fire truck
- a story with a hidden mean
- Montag's wife
- used to hunt people
- Montag's boss
- "bad place"
- Represents rebirth
- flew too close to the sun
- used for cleansing
- Montag's guide
- Central idea of a work of literature
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- 17 and crazy
- Leader of the book people
- fitting in with others, causing the loss of self
- and Sieve represents the minds of the people
- author of Fahrenheit 451
- a reference to something well-known
- a recurring image or idea
- "no place"
- represents a larger concept
- the fire station
22 Clues: "no place" • "bad place" • 17 and crazy • Montag's wife • Montag's boss • main character • the fire truck • Montag's guide • the fire station • Represents rebirth • used for cleansing • used to hunt people • author of Fahrenheit 451 • Leader of the book people • a recurring image or idea • flew too close to the sun • a story with a hidden mean • represents a larger concept • ...
Balázs 26 October 2021 2021-10-26
16 Clues: tető • plafon • előadás • kilazít • érvényes • kísérlet • forgalmi • alkotmány • elindulni • hozzáállás • keresztelő • jegyzőkönyv • szeminárium • vminek kitettség • ...law = büntetőjog • ... order = távoltartási határozat
NI5 Topic 3 2025-10-05
16 Clues: ero • ura • nuori • haaste • tuhoisa • kykenevä • psykologi • rikollinen • mahdollisuus • ongelmallinen • murrosikäinen • itsepintainen • kypsä/aikuinen • vastata/reagoida • tehdä/syyllistyä • voittaa/valloittaa
out of mind 2016-11-03
10 Clues: rainbow • sound or word • wild fit of rage • power use of minds • satisfied and happy • flap or move your arm to fly • to put the ideas and feeling • up to support by placeing against • not caring,to show feeling or notice • sound musical notes to produce chord
Born Bad Crossword 2013-10-07
Across
- the state of being poor (1 word)
- Criminal instincts, such as feelings of aggression, tend to originate here (2 words)
- Someone who has done something illegal (1 word)
- the application of neuroscience to understanding criminality (1 word)
- A former prison psychologist, and has been investigating the subtle relationships between criminal behaviour, brains and environments. (2 words)
- An Italian physician and intellectual (2 words)
- the bone in your head, the skull (1 word)
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- human behaviour is the result of biological factors (1 word)
- is responsible for problem solving, emotion and complex thought(2 words)
- the way a child is treated and taught how to behave by their parents (1 word)
- causing public discussion and disagreement (1 word)
- Also known as autopsy (2 words)
- Raine's ______ is that 'bad brains lead to bad behaviour' (1 word)
- the behaviour where one does not like to be with people(1 word)
- human behaviour is the result of environmental factors (1 word)
15 Clues: Also known as autopsy (2 words) • the state of being poor (1 word) • the bone in your head, the skull (1 word) • Someone who has done something illegal (1 word) • An Italian physician and intellectual (2 words) • causing public discussion and disagreement (1 word) • human behaviour is the result of biological factors (1 word) • ...
Judicial Terms 2022-04-20
Across
- Law that deals with actions that harm people and society
- criminal cases such as traffic violations and minor civil cases
- on appeal
- to pay for someone to get out of jail
- a violation of law that only pertains to children
- person who brings a case against another person
- person named as "wrong-doer in a civil or criminal case-second one listed
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- considered a crime if committed by an adult or a juvenile
- The power of ruling laws unconstitutional is known
- how long are judges elected to the supreme court elected
- courts that exercise limited jurisdiction over wills, estates, guardianship, and marriage licences
- Juvenile courts have jurisdiction over cases involving children under the age of
- jurisdiction is the ability given to higher courts to review lower court rulings and
- Court are the only courts with appellate jurisdiction is the ability given to higher courts to review lower court rulings and
- How long are judges elected to the superior court
15 Clues: on appeal • to pay for someone to get out of jail • person who brings a case against another person • a violation of law that only pertains to children • How long are judges elected to the superior court • The power of ruling laws unconstitutional is known • how long are judges elected to the supreme court elected • ...
Pirate Code Crossword 2023-08-22
7 Clues: Equal _____ • Love thy _____ • Obey the ______ • Be____ in battle • Throw nothing ______ • Live ___ in the moment • Keep your minds and your _____ sharp
Substantive & Procedural Law 2022-02-09
Across
- Least serious type of crime, often punished by fines
- Declares what actions are criminal
- Less serious crimes than felonies
- Defense arguments that claim anyone would've acted the way the defendant did so they shouldn't get in trouble
- Defense that the illegal action was necessary at the time
- Defense that the defendant was forced into committing the crime
- Kinds of defense arguments claiming the defendant did not have free will to commit the crime
- Sets basic rules for government practices, including in the criminal justice system
- The most serious level of crimes
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- Defense that the defendant shouldn't be criminally liable for their actions because of their mental state
- Type of law that is banned in the Constitution
- Latin term indicating the defendant committed the crime
- Latin term indicating the defendant committed the crime intentionally
- Defense that the defendant's actions were justified because they were protecting their own life
- law that isn't criminal but can justify lawsuits
15 Clues: The most serious level of crimes • Less serious crimes than felonies • Declares what actions are criminal • Type of law that is banned in the Constitution • law that isn't criminal but can justify lawsuits • Least serious type of crime, often punished by fines • Latin term indicating the defendant committed the crime • ...
Judicial Branch 2025-03-18
Across
- right of a convicted person to ask a higher court to view their case
- cause: basis of the police must have to make an arrest, search someone's home, or obtain a warrant
- person accused of a crime in a criminal court case or the person being served in a civil one
- Jury: a group that listens to the evidence in criminal case and decides if there is enough evidence to bring accused person to trial (indictment)
- Formal charging of a person with a crime
- process: Constitutional protection against unfair governmental action
- Branch: branch of government that interprets the laws
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- cases: cases involving 2 parties about money and/or property
- government's side in a criminal case
- person/company filing the complaint in a civil lawsuit
- A less serious crime
- a serious crime
- the authority to interpret and administer the law and determines which court type you attend
- decision of a judge or jury
- warrant: an authorization by a court for police to make an arrest
15 Clues: a serious crime • A less serious crime • decision of a judge or jury • government's side in a criminal case • Formal charging of a person with a crime • Branch: branch of government that interprets the laws • person/company filing the complaint in a civil lawsuit • cases: cases involving 2 parties about money and/or property • ...
Judicial branch crossword puzzle 2025-03-21
Across
- The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to determine if law or presidential action follows the Constitution.
- The person or company filing the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- The Constitutional protection against unfair governmental actions and laws
- The decision of a judge or jury
- The basis that police must have in order to make an arrest
- A person accused of a crime in a criminal court case
- A court case in which a person is accused of breaking a criminal law.
- The government’s side in a criminal case
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- The authority to interpret and administer the law.
- An authorization by a court for police to make an arrest
- A formal charging of someone with a crime
- A court case involving disputes between two parties
- The right of a convicted person to ask a higher court to review their case
- A serious crime, such as kidnapping or murder
- The branch of government that reviews or interprets the laws
15 Clues: The decision of a judge or jury • The government’s side in a criminal case • A formal charging of someone with a crime • A serious crime, such as kidnapping or murder • The authority to interpret and administer the law. • A court case involving disputes between two parties • A person accused of a crime in a criminal court case • ...
Reading changes our minds 2023-09-04
13 Clues: ökade • klaga • sprida • samhälle • intensivt • kejsardöme • reklamblad • somthing you need to do • when you can get the thing • this helps you print books • when you dont have to pay for it • when everybody have somthing to say • before books you wrote longer texts on this
Super Minds 6 Review 2024-02-13
Across
- A sport where you shoot arrows.
- The person who prepares and sells medicine.
- This is a team sport you do in a boat.
- These are made of metal and found in a treasure chest.
- You will need this if you jump out of a plane.
- The person who prepares and sells meat.
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- A sport you do with a long, skinny sword.
- A sport you play with gloves on.
- The person who makes clothes in Old England.
- Similar to a bike, but this only has one wheel.
- Stairs are made of many of these.
- Where the pharoah is buried.
- A pirate might have this instead of a hand.
13 Clues: Where the pharoah is buried. • A sport where you shoot arrows. • A sport you play with gloves on. • Stairs are made of many of these. • This is a team sport you do in a boat. • The person who prepares and sells meat. • A sport you do with a long, skinny sword. • The person who prepares and sells medicine. • A pirate might have this instead of a hand. • ...
Crime Alav 2021-08-26
16 Clues: kniv • straff • rånare • domare • Mördare • snatteri • knivhögg • kidnappa • mordbrand • rättegång • bombardera • brottsling • gärningsman • starta brand • överlagt mord • serie mördare
The shawshank redemption 2021-12-13
Lili's Crossword! 2013-02-15
Across
- Typically a persons initials
- Runs by itself
- Communicate through minds
- Communicate through electrical signals
- Eyeglasses having two focal lengths
- An object with 2 lenses to see closely
- An event where you swim, bike and run
- A number which has 12 0's
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- Something that runs on one line
- To unite
- A mythical creature with 1 horn
- Having self government
- 3 babies
- A car
- more that one person on a phone call
- The music class sang in
- A group of three films, books etc.
- Divide into two parts
18 Clues: A car • To unite • 3 babies • Runs by itself • Divide into two parts • Having self government • The music class sang in • Communicate through minds • A number which has 12 0's • Typically a persons initials • Something that runs on one line • A mythical creature with 1 horn • A group of three films, books etc. • Eyeglasses having two focal lengths • more that one person on a phone call • ...
Brock Faint Week 1 Term 4 2021-10-07
Across
- to be very proud of yourself
- to deal with things practically
- a wrong of the minds perception
- outdated
- a small illustration in book pages
- to be pleasant or friendly in manner
- well known for past achievements
- poor and cannot provide for yourself
- extreme affection
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- to have low estimate of self importance
- text used in a literary context
- lacking courage
- kept secret for legal reasons
- strong love for ones country
- punishment given for a wrong doing
- produces great profit
- strong desire to accomplish something
- taken basic needs away
18 Clues: outdated • lacking courage • extreme affection • produces great profit • taken basic needs away • to be very proud of yourself • strong love for ones country • kept secret for legal reasons • text used in a literary context • to deal with things practically • a wrong of the minds perception • well known for past achievements • a small illustration in book pages • ...
Brock Faint Week 1 Term 4 2021-10-07
Across
- to deal with things practically
- to have low estimate of self importance
- taken basic needs away
- a wrong of the minds perception
- poor and cannot provide for yourself
- text used in a literary context
- punishment given for a wrong doing
- well known for past achievements
- strong love for ones country
- to be very proud of yourself
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- a small illustration in book pages
- to be pleasant or friendly in manner
- kept secret for legal reasons
- lacking courage
- extreme affection
- outdated
- produces great profit
- strong desire to accomplish something
18 Clues: outdated • lacking courage • extreme affection • produces great profit • taken basic needs away • strong love for ones country • to be very proud of yourself • kept secret for legal reasons • to deal with things practically • a wrong of the minds perception • text used in a literary context • well known for past achievements • a small illustration in book pages • ...
Freak's Dictionary Crossword 2022-05-12
Across
- The white sparkles in sky rockets
- The opiate of the massives
- A seed you plant in your head
- Max's shoe size
- The good ole days
- The truth serum
- A land far away in Maxwell's basement
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- A toxic waste of time
- A know-it-all
- Out of this world
- A robot like suit worn by knights in battle
- One billionth of a second
- A nervous cockroach
- What matters to energy
- Where the truth serum is kept
- A sword with magic powers
- An imperfect creature
- A word used by people with small minds
18 Clues: A know-it-all • Max's shoe size • The truth serum • Out of this world • The good ole days • A nervous cockroach • A toxic waste of time • An imperfect creature • What matters to energy • One billionth of a second • A sword with magic powers • The opiate of the massives • Where the truth serum is kept • A seed you plant in your head • The white sparkles in sky rockets • ...
Bahasa words law related 2021-03-13
17 Clues: jail • judge • share • court • lawyer • flight • suspect • various • disturb • criminal • sentence • passenger • to emerge • framework • to monitor • for how long • discovery (of vaccine)
Unit #5 Judicial Branch 2022-03-14
Across
- Jurisdiction power of the court to hear a case for the first time
- Process Guarantees everyone is treated fairly in a trial process
- Jurisdiction the power of a higher court to review a lower court's decision
- the state's side in a criminal procedure
- Issues warrents supoenas and set bail
- Case a case where there is a disagreement between two or more people seeking reparations
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- a document giving police permission to search or arrest
- v Madison court case that established judicial review
- a person accused of the crime
- money to be released from jail while waiting for trial
- Cause Required for an arrest warrent in a criminal procedure
- Case when a person is accused of a crime
12 Clues: a person accused of the crime • Issues warrents supoenas and set bail • the state's side in a criminal procedure • Case when a person is accused of a crime • v Madison court case that established judicial review • money to be released from jail while waiting for trial • a document giving police permission to search or arrest • ...
Creative , inventive minds 2020-04-11
9 Clues: medal • areas of study • Creator / originato • / found create / set up • being grateful to somebody • Enterpriser / thriving person • reward to award / to recompense • Fortune / a lot of money or property • fund A sum of money collected for a particular purpose
Test 3 Vocabulary 2015-05-08
8 Clues: Jump. • Cannot be entered. • To search through. • To stare at with dislike. • Communicate between minds. • With great care or caution. • Repimand or stern disapproval. • Irritating to the eye or nose.
Measurement of Crime 2015-04-23
Across
- approach that uses the threat of punishment to discourage criminal action
- keeping criminals in prison
- justice system is made of institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal statutes
- type of punishment intended to make criminals pay compensation for their actions
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- approach to crime control that attempts to re-socialize criminals
- repetition of criminal behavior
- acts in violations of the law
- crime refers to legal violations by people under 18 years old
8 Clues: keeping criminals in prison • acts in violations of the law • repetition of criminal behavior • crime refers to legal violations by people under 18 years old • approach to crime control that attempts to re-socialize criminals • approach that uses the threat of punishment to discourage criminal action • ...
Bow Valley College 2023-06-02
9 Clues: 40th celebration • Newest centre at BVC • What does Iniikokaan mean? • First name of BVC President • Strategic Plan, Open _____, • Strategic Plan, Open _____. • ATB Hall is located on this campus • Scholarship that includes a luncheon • College Designation ______ Community College
Criminal Court System Crossword 2015-11-01
Across
- / An application to a higher court to review the decision made by a lower court
- / in criminal court, the person charged with committing a criminal offence
- evidence / testimony given by a witness to prove an alleged fact
- / the court official responsible for jury management
- / the first stage of a criminal trial in which the defendant enters a plea to the charge
- council / a lawyer who defends an accused person on trial
- / a typed record of everything said in court during a trial
- panel / the large group of randomly selected citizens from which jury members are chosen
- / to contradict evidence introduced by the opposing side
- verdict / a decision by the judge to withdraw the case from the jury and enter a verdict of not guilty
- / knowingly making false statements in court while giving evidence under oath or affirmation
- clerk / the court official who assists the judge
- jury / a jury that cannot reach a unanimous verdict
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- evidence / evidence given by a witness based on information received from someone else rather than personal knowledge
- / the court official who assists the sheriff
- / information that tends to prove or disprove the elements of an offence
- dire / a mini-trial in which jurors are excluded while the admissibility of evidence is discussed
- / a reply to the opposing side's rebuttal
- / the interception of telephone communication
- examination / the first questioning of a witness to determine what he or she observed about the crime
- / the party that files an appeal
- / a court order requiring the witness to appear in court on a certain date to give evidence]
- / the party that responds to an appeal
- challenge / the right of the crown or the defence to exclude someone from a jury without providing a reason
- / the court official appointed to try cases in a court of law and to sentence convicted persons
- / recording a speaker's oral communication by using an electronic device
26 Clues: / the party that files an appeal • / the party that responds to an appeal • / a reply to the opposing side's rebuttal • / the court official who assists the sheriff • / the interception of telephone communication • clerk / the court official who assists the judge • jury / a jury that cannot reach a unanimous verdict • ...
Criminal Law Terms Review 2016-05-12
Across
- Agreement given freely and voluntarily
- Accidental homicide
- Not Criminally Responsible
- Homicide as a result of an act of passion
- Murder as a result of another action, for example drunk driving
- Factors that demonstrate the punishment should be less severe
- That which discourages people in society from committing a particular crime
- To help an offender successfully reintegrate back into society
- A statement made by the victim that describes the effect of the offense on his or her life
- A firearm that a person is not allowed to possess
- Sexual activity in exchange for money
- Theft involving violence or threats of violence
- A punishment that allows the offender to live in the community under conditions and supervision
- The illegal, forced removal of a child from the custodial parents
- A defense that the accused was not at the scene of the crime when it took place
- Factors that demonstrate the punishment should be more severe
- The pursuit or repeated communication with an unwilling victim
- The act of counselling, aiding or abetting someone to commit suicide
- A fireman that needs to be registered
- Blamable or criminal homicide
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- The legal right to a property
- Any rifle or shotgun that is neither restricted or prohibited
- A deal between the Crown and defense to plead a lesser crime or sentence
- Entering someone's premises without permission by breaking a door, window, etc.
- When the burden of proof is placed on the defense rather than the Crown
- An order by a judge to arrest the accused for listed alleged offences
- Facts that would cause an average person to believe beyond a mere suspicion
- Communicating for the purposes of prostitution
- A psychological condition caused by severe domestic violence
- Taking someone's property without their permission
- Assault causing life threatening injury, disfigurement, etc.
- Detainment by a civilian until the police arrive
- Homicide with intent
- A penalty for two or more crimes served one after another
- The defense of temporary insanity
- A minimum punishment imposed by law
- The application or threat of force without the other persons consent
- A court order authorizing police to search a specific place at a specific time
- A penalty for two or more crimes served at the same time
- Threat or coercion to force someone to commit a crime against their will
- Intentionally starting fires causing damage
- To sell, administer, give, transfer, transport, send, or deliver a controlled substance
- Intentional deceit
43 Clues: Intentional deceit • Accidental homicide • Homicide with intent • Not Criminally Responsible • The legal right to a property • Blamable or criminal homicide • The defense of temporary insanity • A minimum punishment imposed by law • Sexual activity in exchange for money • A fireman that needs to be registered • Agreement given freely and voluntarily • ...
Criminal Law Terms Review 2016-05-12
Across
- The legal right to a property
- A penalty for two or more crimes served at the same time
- When the burden of proof is placed on the defense rather than the Crown
- An order by a judge to arrest the accused for listed alleged offences
- Factors that demonstrate the punishment should be less severe
- A defense that the accused was not at the scene of the crime when it took place
- A deal between the Crown and defense to plead a lesser crime or sentence
- That which discourages people in society from committing a particular crime
- The pursuit or repeated communication with an unwilling victim
- Homicide with intent
- Entering someone's premises without permission by breaking a door, window, etc.
- Threat or coercion to force someone to commit a crime against their will
- Homicide as a result of an act of passion
- Factors that demonstrate the punishment should be more severe
- Sexual activity in exchange for money
- A fireman that needs to be registered
- Murder as a result of another action, for example drunk driving
- Intentionally starting fires causing damage
- A psychological condition caused by severe domestic violence
- Assault causing life threatening injury, disfigurement, etc.
- Communicating for the purposes of prostitution
- Accidental homicide
- A punishment that allows the offender to live in the community under conditions and supervision
- Not Criminally Responsible
- The act of counselling, aiding or abetting someone to commit suicide
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- Taking someone's property without their permission
- A firearm that a person is not allowed to possess
- A penalty for two or more crimes served one after another
- A statement made by the victim that describes the effect of the offense on his or her life
- Detainment by a civilian until the police arrive
- A minimum punishment imposed by law
- Theft involving violence or threats of violence
- Agreement given freely and voluntarily
- The illegal, forced removal of a child from the custodial parents
- Facts that would cause an average person to believe beyond a mere suspicion
- The application or threat of force without the other persons consent
- To sell, administer, give, transfer, transport, send, or deliver a controlled substance
- Intentional deceit
- The defense of temporary insanity
- Any rifle or shotgun that is neither restricted or prohibited
- A court order authorizing police to search a specific place at a specific time
- Blamable or criminal homicide
- To help an offender successfully reintegrate back into society
43 Clues: Intentional deceit • Accidental homicide • Homicide with intent • Not Criminally Responsible • The legal right to a property • Blamable or criminal homicide • The defense of temporary insanity • A minimum punishment imposed by law • Sexual activity in exchange for money • A fireman that needs to be registered • Agreement given freely and voluntarily • ...
Criminal Justice System Crossword 2020-03-29
Across
- Enforce laws, investigate, arrest
- File charges, drop/reduce charges
- once released, criminals may reenter the criminal system
- where most of the correction facilities are held
- define who is under juvenile court and who is not
- pays fees to the victim of the crime
- concedes to the penalty without saying they are guilty
- listens to all the evidence and sees if there is enough evidence to bring to trial
- negotiations from the prosecutor and the defendant
- starts with a formal accusation submitted to the court by a prosecutor
- make parole conditions and has the right to revoke it
- requiring to serve the whole sentence
- the right to drop charges/not file charges
- juvenile offenses like running away or absenteeism
- prison officers that make sure prisoners are inline
- where the accused criminal is told what the charges are, told their rights and asked if they want to plea
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- where crimes cross state lines
- gives freedom to convicted but provisional to conditions and restrictions
- make conditions for release/creates sentences/listens to pleas/dismisses charges
- upper age of delinquents in most states
- a citizen who is a witness or juror
- occurs when suspected criminals commit very serious offenses and are deemed dangerous
- once they serve their whole sentence, they are allowed to leave
- in lieu of time served: drug testing, counseling, rehab, or educational and rec programs
- fees to pay for the crime, usually for minor crimes
25 Clues: where crimes cross state lines • Enforce laws, investigate, arrest • File charges, drop/reduce charges • a citizen who is a witness or juror • pays fees to the victim of the crime • requiring to serve the whole sentence • upper age of delinquents in most states • the right to drop charges/not file charges • where most of the correction facilities are held • ...
Criminal Justice Sentencing Vocab 2019-01-02
Across
- when punishments are designed so that criminals make amends to the victim
- when justices is defined by seeking what overall benefits an entire society
- a period of brief incarceration followed by probation
- payments for financial losses of a victim paid by the criminal
- judges have discretion and are provided a range of punishments to pick from but can also could pick something else
- period of time required for public service works by a criminal that gets no financial gain
- judges are given no discreastion for sentencing and must punish according to laws
- a punishment that includes incarceration and supervision in alternative fashion
- the freedom to decide
- a sentence of incarceration that is base on a range of time (1-5 years)
- to remove a person from society and prevent their ability to commit another crime
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- GUIDELINES judges have limited discretion and must used mandatory guidelines unless they have a valid reason otherwise
- early release for incarceration before a sentence is completed but the person is still under supervision
- a financial penalty for a crime
- confinement to a jail or prison for a period of time
- a sentences of incarceration for a precise period of time
- known as capital punishment the death penalty is available in 32 states
- the return to criminal activity after completing a punishment for a previous crime
- the attempt to stop crimes by instilling fear into people about the punishment if caught
- a violent crime triggered by an event that cause uncontrollable rage
- the attempt to change a person through some program to prevent recidivism
- the phase of a trial in which a punishment is imposed after a conviction is reached
- to act in a way that is fair and reasonable based in the circumstances
- supervision of a person not incarcerated for a period of time while there is a suspended sentence of incarceration in place
- a court that uses treatment programs first and traditional sentencing last
25 Clues: the freedom to decide • a financial penalty for a crime • confinement to a jail or prison for a period of time • a period of brief incarceration followed by probation • a sentences of incarceration for a precise period of time • payments for financial losses of a victim paid by the criminal • a violent crime triggered by an event that cause uncontrollable rage • ...
Criminal Justice Unit 3 2024-05-18
Across
- reasonable suspicion that a crime has taken place, or that evidence of a crime is imminent
- number of district courts in the U.S.
- most heavily debated freedom in the 1st Amendment
- resolving a law breaking matter according to established rules of law enforcement
- a legislative act that declares someone guilty of a crime and assesses a punishment without providing a trial to prove the crime
- number of amendments in the U.S. Constitution
- first 10 amendments in the Constitution
- view of an amendment where it must be followed just as it was written
- court that is the first place that constitutional law is challenged
- exists in the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of laws
- a brief non-intrusive police stop and search of a suspect
- introduction to the Constitution
- punishment such as torture and unnecessarily painful types of punishment
- the amount of money the court assesses to an accused for their temporary release from incarceration while waiting for their trial date
- number of articles that make up the U.S. Constitution
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- an order a judge must sign to give permission for authorities to search
- amendment that guarantees equal protection under the law
- a more loose interpretation of an amendment
- the interpretation and application of the articles and amendments written in the United States Constitution
- amendment that guarantees freedom of speech
- Areas such as pastures, wooded areas, open water, and vacant lots do not need to comply with the requirements of warrants and probable cause
- amendment that is to protect a citizen's right to privacy
- determining if an officer had the authority to perform a warrantless search
- amendment that states "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted."
- the legislature cannot use its statutory authority to pass laws that would penalize behavior that occurred before the act or omission became illegal
25 Clues: introduction to the Constitution • number of district courts in the U.S. • first 10 amendments in the Constitution • a more loose interpretation of an amendment • amendment that guarantees freedom of speech • number of amendments in the U.S. Constitution • most heavily debated freedom in the 1st Amendment • number of articles that make up the U.S. Constitution • ...
Criminal justice cross word 2024-02-13
Across
- ensures defendants have lawyers and given rights
- which case dealt with recording of a public phones
- right to trial by court, all witness must be presented in court, right to an attorney
- Bans use of illegally obtained evidence in a trial
- punishment must fit the crime
- which case dealt with a man trash be searched fight as constitutional to go through personal property
- cash paid to temporarily release them from prison untill their trial
- the search of any place at any time (used by Britishin the colonies)
- punish intentional wrongdoing
- which case dealt with unreasonable searches and seizures of drugs in a car
- refers to crime that are excessively harsh
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- people are not forced to be a witness at their own trial and can’t be tried for the same crime twice
- no unnecessary warrants without probable cause backed by proof
- Which case dealt with unreasonable search and seizure of an apartment
- renew all rights of deserving youthful and non violent offenders
- being forced to testify against yourself during a trial
- suspicion supported by facts
- which case dealt with smelling drugs and searching car
- being tried more then one for the same crime
- no excessive bail or fines, no torture or excessive jail time
- permits admission of evidence obtained through illegal means but it would have been found anyway
- reveal all evidence rather than concealing
- WHO MAKES UP 40% OF inmates in the us
- which case dealt with unreasonable search and seizures of a man alone in a trailer
- what percent of people live in poverty after prison
25 Clues: suspicion supported by facts • punishment must fit the crime • punish intentional wrongdoing • WHO MAKES UP 40% OF inmates in the us • reveal all evidence rather than concealing • refers to crime that are excessively harsh • being tried more then one for the same crime • ensures defendants have lawyers and given rights • which case dealt with recording of a public phones • ...
Criminal Justice - Current Affairs 2023-03-15
Across
- Amendment, protects from search and seizure
- ____ decriminalization would reduce incarceration rates
- State courts have ______ jurisdiction
- must be presented for search or seizure of property
- Suing for civil rights etc are ____ cases
- Kidnapping & bank robbery etc are ____ cases
- Police ____ is at the basis of many reforms
- Average amount of time spent on death row 22 ___
- Verdict in Derek Chauvin case
- Place for longer sentences; more severe crimes
- official punishment determined by judge
- Black Americans are ____ likely than white Americans to be killed by police
- Amendment, right to trial by jury and attorney
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- Risk for returning citizens without housing
- Removal of the right to vote
- A form of punishment by paying an amount of money
- Most common property crime
- proposal to ban no-______ warrants
- Place for shorter sentences; awaiting trial
- Earlier release from prison, under supervision
- separation of prisoner from general population
- Amendment, protects from cruel, unusual punishment
- Federal courts have ______ jurisdiction
- Amendment, protects from self-incrimination
- _____ Penalty is abolished in 23 states and D.C.
- Contributed to mass incarceration, ___ strike policy
26 Clues: Most common property crime • Removal of the right to vote • Verdict in Derek Chauvin case • proposal to ban no-______ warrants • State courts have ______ jurisdiction • Federal courts have ______ jurisdiction • official punishment determined by judge • Suing for civil rights etc are ____ cases • Amendment, protects from search and seizure • ...
Criminal justice final crossword 2021-04-18
Across
- the act of correcting. punishment intended to reform, improve, or rehabilitate; chastisement; reproof.
- the civil force of a national or local government, responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order.
- body of people ,sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.
- , goods that have been imported or exported illegally.
- defense, variety of conditions that will tend to negate elements of a crime,
- a criminal offense that carries a potential jail term of less than one year.
- rate, the number of crimes solved, expressed as a percentage of the total number of crimes reported to the police
- person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law.
- rea, the intention or knowledge of wrongdoing that constitutes part of a crime, as opposed to the action or conduct of the accused.
- the action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force.
- degree murder , intentional murder that lacks premeditation, is intended to only cause bodily harm, and demonstrates an extreme indifference to human life.
- degree murder , The intentional killing of another person by someone who has acted willfully, deliberately, or with planning.
- law, the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs.
- code, the rules and values that have developed among prisoners inside prisons' social systems.
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- prison, operated under the jurisdiction of a federal government as opposed to a state or provincial body.
- model, the non-system perspective or system conflict theory, argues that the organizations of a criminal justice system either do, or should, work competitively to produce justice.
- a public official appointed to decide cases in a court of law.
- order , contract that states that certain rules and laws must be abided and certain standards, values, and norms maintained.
- Katrina, a large Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 deaths and $125 billion in damage in August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas.
- an action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law.
- 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.
- rues, action or conduct which is a constituent element of a crime, as opposed to the mental state of the accused.
- prison, a prison maintained by a state especially to incarcerate those convicted of serious crimes.
- the deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another; murder.
- law , oral or customary law; or regulatory law promulgated by the executive or common law of the judiciary.
25 Clues: , goods that have been imported or exported illegally. • a public official appointed to decide cases in a court of law. • the deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another; murder. • defense, variety of conditions that will tend to negate elements of a crime, • a criminal offense that carries a potential jail term of less than one year. • ...
Criminal Behavior - Quiz #1 2025-01-28
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- crime that in the US is punishable by less than one year in jail
- usefulness of a theory to inform guidance for reducing crime
- punishment aim that emphasizes the threat of negative consequences
- Source of crime statistics in the US based on victimization survey data
- perspectives in criminology that attempt to explain crime by focusing on the use of law as a tool to criminalize behaviors
- characteristic of good theory; support by real world data
- the extent of crime that does not get reported to police
- condition that needs to be controlled for to prove causality in a theory
- major serious crime that does not get reported in victimization survey
- punishment aim that emphasizes the need to treat underlying causes that lead to crime
- punishment aim that focuses on removing people's ability to commit crime
- the phenomenon that prisons have the effect of increasing people's inclinations to commit crimes
- school of thought in criminology that emphasizes the role of free will
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- characteristic of a good theory; ability to prove it right or wrong
- behaviors that need to be criminalized in order to be punishable as crimes
- drug use is an illustration of this type of crime
- theory in the correctional field that asserts that prisons exacerbates criminal inclinations because of the harshness of the prison environment
- Agency in Japan in charge of collecting official crime statistics
- Major bias in crime statistics based on reporting of crime in surveys by people asked about crime involvement
- condition that needs to exist to prove causality of a theory
- Major source of official crime statistics in the US, collected by FBI
- characteristic of good theory; ability to predict future behavior and crime patters
- school of thought in criminology that emphasizes the role of external factors
- theory in the correctional field that asserts that prison exacerbates criminal inclinations because they aggregate negative features that people bring in the prison setting
- way of reporting crime statistics that accounts for population size
- characteristic of a good theory; simplicity
- crime that in the US is punishable by one year or longer in prison
- inherently wrong acts
- punishment aim that focuses on providing emotional satisfaction to victims
29 Clues: inherently wrong acts • characteristic of a good theory; simplicity • drug use is an illustration of this type of crime • the extent of crime that does not get reported to police • characteristic of good theory; support by real world data • usefulness of a theory to inform guidance for reducing crime • condition that needs to exist to prove causality of a theory • ...
Criminal LAw Crossword Puzzle 2023-12-04
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- A solemn promise or declaration, often made under the threat of a penalty.
- Adherence to the principles outlined in a constitution, ensuring legal validity.
- A person who is fleeing from legal authorities, often to avoid arrest.
- The act of threatening to reveal damaging information to coerce or gain something.
- The use of physical power or violence to cause harm or control others.
- The act of taking possession of personal property unlawfully.
- Offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting something of value to influence the actions of an official.
- Offering a forged document as genuine with the intent to deceive.
- racing/ Illegally racing vehicles on public roads.
- The unlawful taking or carrying away of a person by force or threat.
- Legal status when a person relies on another for support or care.
- option/ The ability of a locality to decide on certain legal issues, often related to alcohol.
- The intentional effort to commit a crime, even if the crime is not completed.
- The legal authority or power of a court to hear and decide a case.
- A consideration or decision made after a criminal act has been committed.
- Obtaining something, such as money or property, through force or threats.
- The intentional act of setting fire to property, often with criminal intent.
- law/ The body of laws governing private disputes between individuals or entities.
- Failure to provide proper care or attention, often leading to harm.
- The unauthorized reproduction of currency or goods with the intent to deceive.
- The unlawful taking of another person's property by force or threat of force.
- Goods that are prohibited by law from being imported or exported.
- A place where a person resides, often protected by specific legal considerations.
- A serious criminal offense, typically punishable by imprisonment for more than one year.
- imprisonment/ Illegally restraining or confining someone against their will.
- The act of breaking free from confinement or custody.
- To remove or reduce the criminal penalties associated with a particular offense.
- The method of human communication, often through spoken or written words, used to convey meaning.
- Unwanted and repeated behavior intended to disturb or upset.
- The crime of taking a person against their will and holding them captive.
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- An agreement between two or more individuals to commit a crime.
- Intentional and unlawful physical contact resulting in harm or offensive touching.
- The legal condition or position of an individual, often affecting rights and responsibilities.
- The practice of having more than one spouse at the same time.
- Persistent and unwanted attention or harassment towards another person.
- The violent theft of an occupied vehicle.
- The geographical area or district in which a court has jurisdiction over a case.
- The purpose or state of mind to commit a wrongful act, often a crucial element in criminal cases.
- The creation of a false document with the intent to deceive.
- A person who is not yet considered an adult in the eyes of the law.
- crime/ Criminal activities involving the use of computers or computer networks.
- Causing damage to property by fire.
- Failure to exercise reasonable care, resulting in harm or damage.
- The act of betting or wagering money on an uncertain outcome.
- The process of seeking a higher court's review of a lower court's decision.
- A game of chance where participants can win prizes based on random drawings.
- A system of rules and regulations established by a community or authority to maintain order.
- A classification system for controlled substances based on their potential for abuse.
- The act of going into a place with the intent to commit a crime.
- Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
- Principles of right and wrong behavior, often influencing ethical decision-making.
- Persuasion or enticement, often with the intent of engaging in sexual activity.
- The killing of one person by another, either intentionally (murder) or unintentionally (manslaughter).
- home/ A legal term referring to a person's residence or habitation.
- Being accountable for one's actions or obligations.
- Conduct that shows a disregard for the safety or well-being of others.
- Sexual relations or marriage between close relatives.
- procession/ Unauthorized movement or procession within a restricted area.
- Illegally entering a building or property with the intent to commit a crime.
- advertising/ Misleading or deceptive promotional material about a product or service.
60 Clues: Causing damage to property by fire. • The violent theft of an occupied vehicle. • Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. • racing/ Illegally racing vehicles on public roads. • Being accountable for one's actions or obligations. • Sexual relations or marriage between close relatives. • The act of breaking free from confinement or custody. • ...
crimes and criminal-Berit 2023-11-02
30 Clues: Mõrv • vargus • röövel • mõrvar • pettus • pettur • häkker • piraat • süütaja • inimrööv • võltsija • autorööv • häkkimine • piraatlus • süütamine • poevargus • terrorism • murdvaras • inimröövel • valndalism • autovargus • võltsimine • murdvargus • lennukirööv • riigireetmine • salakaubandus • väljapressimine • relvastatud rööv • poliitiline mõrv • poliitiline mõrvar
Judicial Branch & Criminal Justice 2022-11-09
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- programs modeled after military-style entry-level training programs for youthful nonviolent offenders
- the right to remain silent/Double Jeopardy right to due process
- the release of an offender detention, subject to a period of good behavior under supervision
- the power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional
- court cases that involve a private dispute arising from such matters ad accidents, contractual obligations, and divorce
- an institution for the incarceration of people convicted of serious crimes , usually felonies
- a hearing in which a suspect is charged and pleads guilty or no guilty
- court cases involving a crime or violation of public order
- right to a speedy trial
- following established legal procedures
- putting in prison
- the act of requesting or strongly urging someone to do something
- burglary , motor vehicle theft , larceny theft , and arson
- crimes that are committed before or in preparation for committing another crime
- the power to determine constitutionality of statues
- a program for reforming the offender to prevent later offenses
- a place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime
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- declares that all persons born in the u.s. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
- the authority of a court to hear a case
- crimes defined by legislative bodies in response to changing social conditions,public opinion, and custom
- a crime
- theft
- freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
- temporary release of an accused person awaiting trail
- agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant that the defendant will guilty to a lesser offense to avoid having to stand trail
- a crime or offense that is less serious than a felony
- the decision jury makes in a trail, th decision said by the jury
- altering of any writing in a way that changes the legal rights and liabilities of another
- voilent or nonvoilent crimes directed against people
- offensive contact with another's persom without that person's consent
- a sentence of punishment by execution, generally now limited to the crime of murder
- the act of accusing; a formal accusation
- apply to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court
- the imposition of a criminal sanction by a judicial authority
34 Clues: theft • a crime • putting in prison • right to a speedy trial • following established legal procedures • the authority of a court to hear a case • the act of accusing; a formal accusation • freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures • the power to determine constitutionality of statues • voilent or nonvoilent crimes directed against people • ...
Criminal Justice ll Review: 2025-08-28
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- questioning own witness
- death penalty sentence
- group deciding on indictment
- killing during commission of felony
- unintentional killing from recklessness
- legal basis for brief police stop
- right to a lawyer
- minor criminal offenses
- bans illegally obtained evidence
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- serious crimes with major penalties
- intentional killing without planning
- court decides punishment
- officially clear of blame
- killing in heat of passion
- questioning opposing witness
- unbiased group of jurors
- first case summary by lawyers
- judge reviews evidence for trial
- final case summary by lawyers
- invalid or canceled trial
20 Clues: right to a lawyer • death penalty sentence • questioning own witness • minor criminal offenses • court decides punishment • unbiased group of jurors • officially clear of blame • invalid or canceled trial • killing in heat of passion • questioning opposing witness • group deciding on indictment • first case summary by lawyers • final case summary by lawyers • ...
Criminal Law Test Review 2025-12-11
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- the Delaware Codes describe this as intentionally trying to threaten or instill fear in someone
- one can be charged with this type of sexual assault if the victim was a minor
- killing someone because you were seriously angered and provoked
- the killing of one human being by another is called
- this type of sexual assault occurs between 2 people who had some type of pre-existing relationship; Women age 18-24 are most at risk.
- the first state to legalize and allow assisted suicide
- the extensively violent type of activity some gangs participate in; property crimes or selling drugs
- even if you are not in a gang, if you spend time with people who are, law enforcement might find you guilty by __________.
- compelling someone to hand over their property due to threats
- an exclusive group of people with a common purpose that may or may not include violent criminal activity
- the type of activity that gangs focused around community and belonging might engage in
- having the intent and purpose to seriously harm another person
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- unlawful physical contact without consent
- restraining someone's freedom by holding them captive
- the type of ritual one must complete in order to gain entrance into a gang
- an example of a specific type of emblem or marking a gang member may have on their body
- this type of program involves counselors and social workers encourage gang members to get involved in more positive activities
- spitting on someone could result in you being charged with
- a type of murder that is premeditated, deliberate, and intentional
- you would be charged with this if you kill someone while committing a robbery
- physician who controversially created a machine to facilitate assisted suicide, nicknamed "Dr. Death"
- a repetitive pattern of threatening behavior such as following someone
- this percentage of sexual assault cases go unreported
- the deliberate taking of one's own life
- the conscious and voluntary agreement to do something
- a type of murder that is deliberate and intentional, but not premeditated
- type of manslaughter that occurred because of unintentional, but reckless behavior
- killing someone in self defense could be an example of this type of homicide
- repeated harassment towards someone, not a crime
- the threat or attempt to cause physical harm
30 Clues: the deliberate taking of one's own life • unlawful physical contact without consent • the threat or attempt to cause physical harm • repeated harassment towards someone, not a crime • the killing of one human being by another is called • restraining someone's freedom by holding them captive • this percentage of sexual assault cases go unreported • ...
Module 4 Criminal Law 2025-10-03
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- Refers to combinations, conspiracies or agreements among sellers to raise or fix prices and to reduce output in order to increase profits.
- A more serious as homicide, armed robbery, kidnapping, or extortion
- A criminal procedural rule that prohibits the introduction at trial of all evidence obtained illegally or without a proper search warrant.
- A form of crime conducted by groups operating illegitimately to satisfy the public’s demand for illegal goods and services (such as illegal drugs, gambling, and prostitution).
- Many laws require that a prosecutor to prove this, which means to prove intent.
- Requires due process of law, prohibits double jeopardy, and protects against self-incrimination.
- A rule set forth by the Supreme Court in holding that individuals who are arrested must be informed of certain constitutional rights, including their right to counsel (attorney).
- Laws to prevent activities that reduce or eliminate economic competition.
- The trespassory taking of property with the intent to deprive the owner of the property
- Occurs when someone pays a government official to influence the official’s decision or actions in his or her official capacity for the benefit of the person paying the bribe.
- Crimes that are llegal acts committed by a person or business using nonviolent means to obtain a personal or business advantage.
- When someone obtains property through coercion
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- A criminal offense, typically carrying a penalty of a fine, such as a parking ticket.
- Provides protection against unreasonable searches and seizures and requires that probable cause exist before a warrant for a search or seizure can be issued.
- Crimes that are committed virtually from a computer or over the Internet.
- Occurs when someone takes property that was in his or her possession lawfully and then converts it to his or her own use.
- Occurs when someone threatens to reveal a harmful truth, such as involvement in criminal activity, but agrees to remain silent if paid
- A generic term used to describe crimes that are not white-collar crimes.
- Payments given to speed up a process that will occur, rather than to influence a decision
- Type of law that pertains to crimes, which are wrongs against society proclaimed in statutes and, if committed, punishable by society through fines and/or imprisonment—or in some cases, death.
- Something as simple as petty theft, jay walking, public intoxication, or disturbing the peace
- Incentive payments that are given to someone who makes decisions to encourage others to pay for something.
- Type of law that pertains to the duties that exist between persons or between persons and their governments, excluding the duty not to commit crimes
23 Clues: When someone obtains property through coercion • A more serious as homicide, armed robbery, kidnapping, or extortion • A generic term used to describe crimes that are not white-collar crimes. • Crimes that are committed virtually from a computer or over the Internet. • Laws to prevent activities that reduce or eliminate economic competition. • ...
Criminal justice puzzle - lyriq 2025-09-18
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- a minor crime
- attorney for the accused
- formal reading of charges
- release before full sentence served
- legal process to determine guilt or innocence
- to appeal a decision
- an excuse for a action
- agreement in a case
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- decision by a jury
- questioning under oath
- examination of evidence
- system for punishing offenders
- a serious crime
- to take into custody
- evidence or testimony
- to not find guilty
- place of imprisonment
- punishment for a crime
- breaking the law
- security to ensure court appearance
20 Clues: a minor crime • a serious crime • breaking the law • decision by a jury • to not find guilty • agreement in a case • to take into custody • to appeal a decision • evidence or testimony • place of imprisonment • questioning under oath • punishment for a crime • an excuse for a action • examination of evidence • attorney for the accused • formal reading of charges • system for punishing offenders • ...
A Crossword puzzle 2022-03-08
Across
- Guilty of breaking the law.
- The process of getting a criminal suspect etc.
- A minor wrongdoing Mischievous of foolish (and typically annoying) behavior.
- A surname.
- a serious criminal offence, which, under federal law, is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or by death.
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- The act of testing; proof
- or blame.
- An excuse, especially one used to avoid
- A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
- The amount of time a former prisoner spends on limited release.
- rights The legal rights of an arrested person to have an attorney and to refuse to answer questions.
11 Clues: or blame. • A surname. • The act of testing; proof • Guilty of breaking the law. • An excuse, especially one used to avoid • The process of getting a criminal suspect etc. • The amount of time a former prisoner spends on limited release. • A minor wrongdoing Mischievous of foolish (and typically annoying) behavior. • ...
Crime 2026-01-27
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- attacks and robs people in a public place.
- kills people for political reasons or in return for payment.
- to break things
- someone who breaks things
- someone who steals
- makes fake money or documents
- sets things on fire
- to sneak something or someone into a country
- committing an offence
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- someone who kwowingly helps another criminal
- dealer someone who deals drugs
- breaks into something
- to kill somebody
- when you get taken away and they ask money for you release
- to steal from a shop
- to steal something without being noticed
- to break into something and steal yhings
- is a member of a violent criminal gang (group).
- person who illegally seizes an aircraft, ship
19 Clues: to break things • to kill somebody • someone who steals • sets things on fire • to steal from a shop • breaks into something • committing an offence • someone who breaks things • makes fake money or documents • dealer someone who deals drugs • to steal something without being noticed • to break into something and steal yhings • attacks and robs people in a public place. • ...
Criminal Justice Courtroom Crossword 2024-08-08
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- the place where a trial is conducted
- the summary of key points made by each side, at the end of a trail
- the questioning of a witness by the opposing party
- the request made to the court by a party in a case.
- a less serious criminal offense, often punishable by a fine
- the person who decides the outcome of the trial
- the formal statement made under oath
- The accused, usually of a crime
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- an order to appear in court
- a court authorized law enforcement to make an arrest
- a ruling that ends a trial without a verdict
- the initial stage of the trial where attorneys outline the case
- the official in charge of maintaining order in the courtroom
- the lawyer who conducts the case against the defendant
- the principle that a defendant cannot be tried again on the same charge after acquittal
- a decision by a judge that settles a case
- A serious criminal offense punishable by long-term imprisonment
- the group of people that deliver a verdict in a trial
- someone who gives a testimony
19 Clues: an order to appear in court • someone who gives a testimony • The accused, usually of a crime • the place where a trial is conducted • the formal statement made under oath • a decision by a judge that settles a case • a ruling that ends a trial without a verdict • the person who decides the outcome of the trial • the questioning of a witness by the opposing party • ...
Crime and Punishment 2019-07-16
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- A group of ten men over 12 watch each other to make sure they aren't committing crimes
- The crime of begging for money
- Where the church split into Catholic and Protestant
- Meaning 'great charter' this act gave everyone the right to have a fair trial
- The person who was caught trying to blow up parliament in 1605
- This was fought in England in the 1640s between royalists and parliamentarians
- Where a criminal can hide for 40 days before either leaving the country or standing trial
- A trial where God decides through a random test
- somebody who led the Hue and Cry
- Somebody who uses magic for evil purposes
- The punihsment of being sent away to America to do hard labor
- Where punishment is used to get revenge on the criminal
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- The crime of avoiding import tax and selling goods on at a cheap price
- Another term for execution
- William the Conqueror's law which made much of England 'Royal Forest'
- People who carried out highway robberies
- where punishment is used to scare other people into not committing crimes
- A book written by James I about Witches
- A court only used for members of the church, it never gave out death sentences
- Psalm 51 in the bible and used to gain benefit of the clergy
- A medieval system of raising the alarm and chasing after a criminal
- The Witch finder General
- Where up to 225 crimes became punishable with death
- The battle at which William Duke of Normandy defeated Harold Godwinson in 1066
- The Anglo Saxon system of getting criminals to pay back the family of the victim, literally means 'man money'
- the crime of hunting animals illegally
- Where punishment is used to change the behavior of the criminal for the better
27 Clues: The Witch finder General • Another term for execution • The crime of begging for money • somebody who led the Hue and Cry • the crime of hunting animals illegally • A book written by James I about Witches • People who carried out highway robberies • Somebody who uses magic for evil purposes • A trial where God decides through a random test • ...
Criminology 2024-05-10
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- Explanation accounting for a set of facts that can be further tested.
- Italian theorist, advocated for minimal punishment through deterrence.
- ____ V. Clarke; established situational choice perspective.
- Scientific study of WHY crimes are committed.
- _____ problems perspective; belief crime is the result of underlying problems such as poverty or discrimination.
- ____ - works doctrine; Robert Martinson theorized correctional rehab programs have had little success.
- Most members of society agree what is right and wrong.
- ____ punishment; the death sentence.
- Attempts to explain crime with a single overreaching approach.
- _____ calculus; theorized by Jeremy Bentham, meant to determine the amount of punishment required to deter a crime.
- ______ - based; built on scientific finding from random controlled experiments.
- Individuals are fundamentally responsible for their behavior.
- Having one cause or source.
- To make illegal or criminal.
- English philosopher and reformer, first theorized why criminals commit crimes. (Hint: felicific calculus)
- Behavioral disposition to favor criminal activity.
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- First theorized the idea of a social contract.
- Acts considered wrong only because there is a law against them.
- The prevention of crime.
- A violation of criminal law for which some governmental authority applies formal penalties.
- Type of criminology studied in universities; simply describes crime and it's occurrence.
- Analysis of physical evidence generated by a crime scene.
- Theory by Lawrence Cohen and Marcus Felson, tried to explain why crime persisted in propserity.
- Crimes result from forces beyond the individuals control.
- Relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior.
- Criminality that crime is a conscious choice; choose the benefits and accept the punishment.
- Criminals must be removed from society to prevent re-offense.
- Acts that are regarded as wrong by tradition.
- Failure to do what a law or duty requires.
- Subjective understanding achieved by criminologists who immerse themselves in the everyday life of criminals.
30 Clues: The prevention of crime. • Having one cause or source. • To make illegal or criminal. • ____ punishment; the death sentence. • Failure to do what a law or duty requires. • Scientific study of WHY crimes are committed. • Relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior. • Acts that are regarded as wrong by tradition. • First theorized the idea of a social contract. • ...
Courtroom Vocabulary 2025-11-12
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- The person who initiates a civil lawsuit (in a criminal case, this role is the prosecutor).
- Statements made by a witness under oath.
- what the prosecutor says the defendant did that is against the law.
- When a witness lies in court after swearing to tell the truth
- a person that keeps record of everything that happens during a trial by typing all the words spoken during the trial
- A formal promise to tell the truth.
- Information used to persuade the judge or jury.
- A judgment of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- The punishment ordered for a convicted defendant.
- find the defendant not guilty.
- The public official who presides over the court, makes decisions on legal matters, and ensures the trial is conducted properly.
- An attorney's interruption to the judge about a question or evidence.
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- The lawyer who represents the defendant.
- The judge's decision on an objection; overruled allows the question/evidence, sustained does not.
- The initial presentation by a lawyer outlining the case.
- Place where trials and court hearings take place.
- A person who provides a firsthand account of something seen, heard, or experienced under oath in court.
- The lawyer who tries a criminal case on behalf of the government or the state.
- The person accused of a crime in a criminal case, or the person being sued in a civil case.
- The final decision by the jury or judge.
- Lawyers' final statements summarizing their case.
- The court official responsible for maintaining order in the courtroom.
- A judge agrees with an attorney's objection and rules the evidence or question is improper according to legal rule
- Questioning a witness by the opposing side's attorney.
- A group of citizens selected to hear evidence and decide a verdict in a case.
- The defendant's statement of "guilty" or "not guilty".
26 Clues: find the defendant not guilty. • A formal promise to tell the truth. • The lawyer who represents the defendant. • Statements made by a witness under oath. • The final decision by the jury or judge. • Information used to persuade the judge or jury. • Place where trials and court hearings take place. • Lawyers' final statements summarizing their case. • ...
crime 2014-11-12
Pokemon Camp 2025-08-04
Crossword 2017-10-08
15 Clues: Vauva • Lääkäri • Potilas • Kehitys • Syntymä • Sairaala • Aikuisuus • Murrosikä • Hyvinvointi • Lähihoitaja • Eläkeläinen • Äitiysneuvola • Rikosrekisteri • Persoonallisuus • Monikulttuurisuus
Explanations of Offending Behaviour 2022-01-19
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- A type of cognitive bias where individuals interpret situations as being more threatening than they really are.
- One of the candidate genes implicated in genetic explanations of offending behaviour.
- Theorist who came up with a way to measure personality traits.
- The name of the researcher who examined anti-social and criminal behaviour in a family in the Netherlands.
- Offending profiling approach based on criminal typologies, created in the US.
- One of the personality dimensions linked to criminal behaviour.
- A psychological explanation of offending suggesting individuals who commit crime are less morally developed than those who do not.
- The theory that criminals are evolutionary throwbacks; less developed than non-criminals.
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- One of the neurotransmitters implicated in offending behaviour according to neural explanations.
- Rates that show the likelihood of both twins developing the same disorder or engaging the in the same behaviour.
- A psychological explanation of offending stating errors in thought processes lead people to commit crime.
- The theorist who came up with the term criminology and proposed that you can tell a criminal by their physical appearance.
- Offender profiling approach based on the theory that criminals operate within a specific location, and examining the time and location of crimes can reveal information about the offender.
- The questionnaire used to measure personality dimensions.
- Lobe of the brain implicated in offending behaviour according to Raine.
15 Clues: The questionnaire used to measure personality dimensions. • Theorist who came up with a way to measure personality traits. • One of the personality dimensions linked to criminal behaviour. • Lobe of the brain implicated in offending behaviour according to Raine. • Offending profiling approach based on criminal typologies, created in the US. • ...
Serial Killer Vocab 2026-01-12
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- an irresistible urge to perform a certain action, often linked to repetitive criminal behavior.
- the scientific study of crime, criminals, and the justice system.
- a personality disorder characterized by persistent antisocial behavior, lack of empathy, and superficial charm.
- the method or pattern of behavior a criminal uses when committing crimes
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- a mental disorder in which a person loses touch with reality, sometimes causing delusions or hallucinations.
- abnormal sexual desires that may play a role in some serial crimes
- the tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend.
- a condition similar to psychopathy, marked by disregard for societal rules and lack of conscience.
- a unique behavior or ritual a killer repeats, beyond what is necessary to commit the crime.
- extreme excitement or obsession that may drive criminal behavior.
10 Clues: the tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend. • the scientific study of crime, criminals, and the justice system. • extreme excitement or obsession that may drive criminal behavior. • abnormal sexual desires that may play a role in some serial crimes • the method or pattern of behavior a criminal uses when committing crimes • ...
Serial Killers Review 2026-04-17
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- an irresistible urge to perform a certain action, often linked to repetitive criminal behavior.
- the scientific study of crime, criminals, and the justice system.
- a personality disorder characterized by persistent antisocial behavior, lack of empathy, and superficial charm.
- the method or pattern of behavior a criminal uses when committing crimes
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- a mental disorder in which a person loses touch with reality, sometimes causing delusions or hallucinations.
- abnormal sexual desires that may play a role in some serial crimes
- the tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend.
- a condition similar to psychopathy, marked by disregard for societal rules and lack of conscience.
- a unique behavior or ritual a killer repeats, beyond what is necessary to commit the crime.
- extreme excitement or obsession that may drive criminal behavior.
10 Clues: the tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend. • the scientific study of crime, criminals, and the justice system. • extreme excitement or obsession that may drive criminal behavior. • abnormal sexual desires that may play a role in some serial crimes • the method or pattern of behavior a criminal uses when committing crimes • ...
CJ 252 - Final Quiz 2025-05-17
Across
- The party who initiates a civil lawsuit
- The individual who must prove the defendant's guilt in a criminal case
- Model of criminal justice that prioritizes speedy justice and reducing crime - 2words no space
- The Witness who testifies based on personal experience rather than expertise.
- The first step in a criminal case - 2 words no space
Down
- The standard of proof typically required in civil trials
- Model of criminal justice focused on protecting individual rights and legal procedures - 2words no space
- The Witness who offers specialized knowledge or opinions in court.
- Type of case where one private party sues another for a wrong or injury
9 Clues: The party who initiates a civil lawsuit • The first step in a criminal case - 2 words no space • The standard of proof typically required in civil trials • The Witness who offers specialized knowledge or opinions in court. • The individual who must prove the defendant's guilt in a criminal case • ...
Mind 2023-03-23
10 Clues: in two minds • to slip my mind • keep in my mind • make up my mind • to croos my mind • to change my mind • to sent out of my mind • to gavę something on my mind • take my mind off (two words) • to give him a piece of my mind
personal relationships 2024-02-18
10 Clues: trademark • increase in knowledge • weaken something morally • ability that a person has • subpoena issved by a judge • it is something very strikng • selection of people to advertise • praise yourself in front of others • persvade people to change their minds • captures people´s attention more than other things
Vocab 6.1 & 6.2 2025-04-05
Across
- adults help to solve a problem
- difficulty mentally reversing a sequence
- a child's tendency to generate theories
- attributing life-like qualities to objects
Down
- the human capacity to understand minds
- self-centered perspective
- the development of myelin
- to bring in new information
- change the new learning
- understanding of two languages
10 Clues: change the new learning • self-centered perspective • the development of myelin • to bring in new information • adults help to solve a problem • understanding of two languages • the human capacity to understand minds • a child's tendency to generate theories • difficulty mentally reversing a sequence • attributing life-like qualities to objects
"one of us is lying" cross word puzzle by: roda tesfai 2022-06-01
Across
- a thing thats not true.
- identifining a natural illness or other problems.
- a place where students learn.
- the oppisite of stupid.
- someone foolish/unintelligent.
- a person that does something against the law.
Down
- speaking quietly or at a distance.
- another word for get off.
- someone with out sertain proof.
- not focused.
- looks for clues to find a criminal.
- knock or force out of position.
- there is alot of this in school.
13 Clues: not focused. • a thing thats not true. • the oppisite of stupid. • another word for get off. • a place where students learn. • someone foolish/unintelligent. • someone with out sertain proof. • knock or force out of position. • there is alot of this in school. • speaking quietly or at a distance. • looks for clues to find a criminal. • a person that does something against the law. • ...
"one of us is lying" cross word puzzle by: roda tesfai 2022-06-01
Across
- a thing thats not true.
- identifining a natural illness or other problems.
- a place where students learn.
- the oppisite of stupid.
- someone foolish/unintelligent.
- a person that does something against the law.
Down
- speaking quietly or at a distance.
- another word for get off.
- someone with out sertain proof.
- not focused.
- looks for clues to find a criminal.
- knock or force out of position.
- there is alot of this in school.
13 Clues: not focused. • a thing thats not true. • the oppisite of stupid. • another word for get off. • a place where students learn. • someone foolish/unintelligent. • someone with out sertain proof. • knock or force out of position. • there is alot of this in school. • speaking quietly or at a distance. • looks for clues to find a criminal. • a person that does something against the law. • ...
Barnes Preaus 2024-10-30
Across
- Adversary or opponent
- an attribute for angels
- is the one we worship and is more important than angels
- Is a word from Michael’s phrase
- how many angles are there
- is the angle who is a special guardian
- Another name for satin
- Develop our minds
- mentions angles 250 times
Down
- who are Gods messengers
- possession is a worldwide case from satin
- Are a possibility to still appear today
- Unseen
- Conquered satin
- is this angel is referred to the one who blows his horn
- Another name for satin
- living creature
- seen
- Another name for satin
- Human with wings
20 Clues: seen • Unseen • Conquered satin • living creature • Human with wings • Develop our minds • Adversary or opponent • Another name for satin • Another name for satin • Another name for satin • who are Gods messengers • an attribute for angels • how many angles are there • mentions angles 250 times • Is a word from Michael’s phrase • is the angle who is a special guardian • ...
Barnes Preaus 2024-10-30
Across
- Adversary or opponent
- an attribute for angels
- is the one we worship and is more important than angels
- Is a word from Michael’s phrase
- how many angels are there
- is the angel who is a special guardian
- Another name for satin
- Develop our minds
- mentions angels 250 times
Down
- who are Gods messengers
- possession is a worldwide case from satin
- Are a possibility to still appear today
- Unseen
- Conquered satin
- is this angel is referred to the one who blows his horn
- Another name for satin
- living creature
- seen
- Another name for satin
- Human with wings
20 Clues: seen • Unseen • Conquered satin • living creature • Human with wings • Develop our minds • Adversary or opponent • Another name for satin • Another name for satin • Another name for satin • who are Gods messengers • an attribute for angels • how many angels are there • mentions angels 250 times • Is a word from Michael’s phrase • is the angel who is a special guardian • ...
Axel 2021-10-14
Legal Vocabulary 2022-11-03
Across
- A person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place.
- Verb; to conduct the case for (the party being accused or sued) in a trial.
- Examination of evidence by a judge, typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings.
- Verb; to institute or conduct legal proceedings against (a person or organization).
- A synonym for lawyer in the US.
- A judgement or verdict that a person is not guilty of the crime with which they have been charged.
- Verb; to free someone from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty.
- The person who causes in the name of public interest.
- A claim or dispute brought to a law court for adjudication.
- A member of the Jury.
- Culpable of or responsible.
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- The temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on condition that a sum of money is lodged to guarantee their appearance in court.
- A decision in a civil or criminal case.
- A public officer appointed to decide cases in a law court.
- A person accused of something or sued in court.
- A person who practices law.
- A tribunal presided by a judge where civil and criminal cases are tried.
- Verb; to institute legal proceedings against (a person or institution), typically for redress.
- A person who brings a case against another in a court of law.
- Verb; to bring someone who is accused of a crime to a court of law to decide if they are guilty.
- 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.
- Verb; give evidence as a witness in a law court.
- Verb (a crime); to give an account to authorities of wrongdoing / illegal activities.
- Verb; to pronounce authoritatively and legally to be the case.
24 Clues: A member of the Jury. • A person who practices law. • Culpable of or responsible. • A synonym for lawyer in the US. • A decision in a civil or criminal case. • A person accused of something or sued in court. • Verb; give evidence as a witness in a law court. • The person who causes in the name of public interest. • ...
Administration of Justice 2014-04-28
Across
- A writ issued by a judicial officer directing a police officer to take a person into custody
- The scientific study of the causes and prevention of crime and the rehabilitation and punishment of offenders
- A criminal offense punishable by death or by incarceration in a prison facility for at least one year
- jury review is required in all federal felony prosecutions.
- Felony defendants enter a plea at this stage of the judicial process
- A written order issued by a judicial officer or grand jury requiring an individual to appear
- The advisement of rights to criminal suspects by the police before questioning begins
- The unlawful taking of one human life by another
- The unlawful entry into the structure or vehicle of another with the intent to commit a felony therein
- An elected or appointed public official who presides over a court of law
- The elected chief officer of a county law enforcement agency
Down
- The main crime reporting system used by the FBI
- The information-gathering activity of police officers that involve the direct questioning of suspects
- A trial by a judge only without a jury is called a(n)_______________ trial
- Generally, the request that a court with appellate jurisdiction review the judgment, decision, or order of a lower court
- The act of taking an adult into physical custody by authority of law for the purpose of charging the person with a criminal offense
- A criminal offense punishable by less than one year in a jail or other facility
- The money or property pledged to the court or actually deposited with the court to effect the release of a person from legal custody
- The taking of property from the person or physical control of another
- Something that is not based on the personal knowledge of a witness
20 Clues: The main crime reporting system used by the FBI • The unlawful taking of one human life by another • jury review is required in all federal felony prosecutions. • The elected chief officer of a county law enforcement agency • Something that is not based on the personal knowledge of a witness • Felony defendants enter a plea at this stage of the judicial process • ...
Unit 1 - Constitutional Studies 2024-11-20
Across
- the branch of law dealing with crimes and their punishment
- part of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits government from establishing a church or preferring one religion over another
- written laws enacted by legislatures
- the denial of freedom of speech or freedom of the press; (2) the process of examining publications or films for material that the government considers harmful or objectionable
- the state or federal government’s attorney in a criminal case
- a private school supported and controlled by a religious organization
- the process by which courts decide whether the laws passed by Congress or state legislatures are constitutional
- usually the standard of proof used in a civil suit; the burden of proof that a party must meet in order to win the lawsuit. To win, a party must provide evidence that is more convincing than the other side’s evidence
- conflicting with some provision of the Constitution
- order a court order prohibiting public reporting on a case currently before the court
- spoken expression about a person that is false and damages that person’s reputation
- a written expression about a person that is false and damages that person’s reputation
- the person against whom a claim is made.
- a serious criminal offense punishable by a prison sentence of more than one year
Down
- a test formerly used by courts to restrict speech when the government thought the speech would create an immediate danger of serious harm
- written or spoken expression about a person that is false and damages that person’s reputation
- all law that does not involve criminal matters
- a criminal offense, less serious than a felony, punishable by a prison sentence of one year or less
- the division of powers between the states and the federal government
- part of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that protects individuals’ right to worship as they choose
- in a civil case, the injured party who brings legal action against the alleged wrongdoer
21 Clues: written laws enacted by legislatures • the person against whom a claim is made. • all law that does not involve criminal matters • conflicting with some provision of the Constitution • the branch of law dealing with crimes and their punishment • the state or federal government’s attorney in a criminal case • ...
chapter 2 2024-01-09
Across
- crimes connected by wealth or powerful individual in corse of there perfession
- the prosecution pf an accused person twice for the same offence
- latin for " to stand by a dection"
- crime during which no violence is perpetrated
- the party bringing a lawsuit
- the legal doctoine that says that if death occurs during thr commission od a felony the perputratir of the crime may be charged with first degree murder
- crimes commited by members of illegal organizations
- a serious offence with a possible sentince of more then a year in prison
- the response to a charge in which the defendant amits to commiting the act
- the test of legal insanity
- latin for " guilty deed"
- a lesser offence typically punishiable by a fine or up to one year in local jail
- a type of goverment that divides power between a national governments and governments of smaller geographic territory
- a generic term for all noncriminal law
- the responce by the defendent to a criminal charge
- the standerd used by jurors to arrive at verdicts
Down
- latin for " an eye for an eye"
- violent crimes include homicide
- a person agenst whom the criminal charge is pending
- rules that set forth how substantive laws are to be enforced
- the reason for commiting a crime
- the body of law that defines criminal offences and perscribes punishemnets for there infractions
- latin for "gulity mind"
- the authority to make legal decision and judgment's often based on geographic area
- the body of law that spells out the element of criminal acts
- a purpousful act or state of mind to commit a crime
- police tactices that unduly encourge or induce an individival to commit a crime he or she woundlt commit
- the requirement that states must meet to introduce evidence
28 Clues: latin for "gulity mind" • latin for " guilty deed" • the test of legal insanity • the party bringing a lawsuit • latin for " an eye for an eye" • violent crimes include homicide • the reason for commiting a crime • latin for " to stand by a dection" • a generic term for all noncriminal law • crime during which no violence is perpetrated • ...
