ADJ-20: Intro to Corrections Chapter 1

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Across
  1. 4. an important source of information on crime for correctional professionals furnished by the FBI
  2. 8. a serious criminal offense specifically one punishable by death or incarceration in a prison facility for more than a year.
  3. 11. a violation of criminal law
  4. 12. prison inmates, probationers, parolees, offenders assigned to alternative sentencing programs, and those held in jails
  5. 13. About 3.9 million people in the United states or on this form of punishment.
  6. 14. the defendant who has been convicted has the ability to contest the conviction as a matter of right
  7. 15. the use of correctional facilities, particularly prisons, in the United states as determined by historical and cross cultural standards.
Down
  1. 1. With the increase of the prison population so does the need for an increased workforce.
  2. 2. Latin term meaning no contest. Meaning to not dispute criminal accusations.
  3. 3. a state or federal confinement facility that has custodial authority over adults sentenced to confinement
  4. 5. a minor violation of criminal law such as petty theft or simple assault punishable by confinement for one year or less typically in a county jail.
  5. 6. a term for when the prosecutor does not file formal charges against a defendant or drops the charges against them.
  6. 7. a minor violation of state statute or local ordinance usually punishable by a fine.
  7. 9. A law that was one solution to the “get-tough-on-crime laws” in the mid 1990s
  8. 10. the process of achieving justice through the application of the criminal law and through the workings of the criminal justice system.