Administration of Justice
Across
- 3. A writ issued by a judicial officer directing a police officer to take a person into custody
- 4. The scientific study of the causes and prevention of crime and the rehabilitation and punishment of offenders
- 6. A criminal offense punishable by death or by incarceration in a prison facility for at least one year
- 7. jury review is required in all federal felony prosecutions.
- 9. Felony defendants enter a plea at this stage of the judicial process
- 12. A written order issued by a judicial officer or grand jury requiring an individual to appear
- 14. The advisement of rights to criminal suspects by the police before questioning begins
- 15. The unlawful taking of one human life by another
- 18. The unlawful entry into the structure or vehicle of another with the intent to commit a felony therein
- 19. An elected or appointed public official who presides over a court of law
- 20. The elected chief officer of a county law enforcement agency
Down
- 1. The main crime reporting system used by the FBI
- 2. The information-gathering activity of police officers that involve the direct questioning of suspects
- 5. A trial by a judge only without a jury is called a(n)_______________ trial
- 8. Generally, the request that a court with appellate jurisdiction review the judgment, decision, or order of a lower court
- 10. The act of taking an adult into physical custody by authority of law for the purpose of charging the person with a criminal offense
- 11. A criminal offense punishable by less than one year in a jail or other facility
- 13. The money or property pledged to the court or actually deposited with the court to effect the release of a person from legal custody
- 16. The taking of property from the person or physical control of another
- 17. Something that is not based on the personal knowledge of a witness