Chapter 1 Vocab CTE Law
Across
- 1. A model by packer that advocates defendants presumption of innocence (protection of suspects rights and limitations placed on police powers to avoid convicting innocent people)
- 4. the bringing of charges against an individual based on probable cause so as to bring the matter before court
- 9. A model of the criminal justice process whereby a four-tiered hierarchy exists (at the top is serious cases and lower gets less serious
- 12. a court or jury's judgement or verdict of not guilty of the offences charged
- 13. the legal finding, by a jury/ judge, or through a guilty plea, that a criminal defendant is guilty
- 14. Early release from prison with conditions attached ( under supervision of a parole agency)
- 16. explains how powerful groups of people create laws to protect their values and interests
- 17. the taking in of custody or detaining of one who is suspected of committing a crime
- 18. A scheme whereby one is sentenced for a flexible time period (5-10 years, can be released when rehabilitated or when available)
- 19. The movement of defenders and cases through the criminal justice process
- 20. explains how a society creates laws as a result of common interests and values
Down
- 2. Authority to make decisions in enforcing the law based on ones observations and judgement (spirit of the law) rather than the letters of the law
- 3. A model by packer that emphasises law and order and argues that every effort must be made to suppress crime, and try to, convict, and incarcerate offenders
- 5. law A crime control strategy whereby an offender who commits three or more violent offences will be sentenced to a lengthy term (25-life)
- 6. elements of a crime that enhance its seriousness ( infliction of torture, killing a officer etc.)
- 7. A penalty or punishment
- 8. the legal resolution of a dispute (when on is declared guilty or not by a judge/jury)
- 10. Circumstances that would tend to lessen the severity of the sentence (such as ones youthfulness, mental stability, not having a prior criminal record, etc)
- 11. a specific, fixed-period sentence ordered by a court
- 15. A set of rules or values that spell out appropriate human conduct