Introduction to Criminal Law
Across
- 1. a person who voluntarily helps another person commit a crime; is usually present or directly aids in the crime.
- 2. the legal responsibility for damage or injury even if you are not negligent.
- 4. a criminal offense, less serious than a felony, punishable by a prison sentence of one year or less.
- 8. the Latin term used by lawyers when they discuss the requirement for a guilty state of mind.
- 9. a person who orders the crime to be committed or helps to commit it without being present.
- 12. a serious criminal offense punishable by a prison sentence of more than one year.
- 13. the conditions that make an act unlawful.
- 14. the person who commits a crime.
Down
- 1. a person who, knowing a crime has been committed, helps the principal or accomplice avoid capture or escape.
- 3. a person who solicits or asks, commands, urges or advises another person to commit a crime.
- 5. crimes that are committed before or in preparation for committing another crime.
- 6. failing to perform an act required by criminal law.
- 7. the act of unlawful sexual intercourse by an adult with someone under the age of consent, even if the minor is a willing and voluntary participant in the sexual act.
- 10. an agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime along with a substantial act toward committing the crime.
- 11. an effort to commit a crime that goes beyond mere preparation but does not result in the commission of the crime.