Chapter 2 Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. A serious offense with a possible sentence of more than a year in prison
  2. 5. A purposeful act or state of mind to commit a crime
  3. 6. Crimes committed by members of illegal organizations
  4. 14. The requirement that the state must meet to introduce evidence or establish facts
  5. 16. Response to a criminal charge in which the defendant admits to committing the act charged but argues for some mitigating reason they should not be help criminally responsible under law
  6. 17. The body of law that spells out elements of criminal acts
  7. 19. The test of legal insanity, asking whether the defendant understood the nature and quality of their act and, if so, if they understood it was wrong
  8. 20. The body of law that defines criminal offense and prescribes punishment for their infractions
  9. 22. Crimes during which no violence is perpetuated against a person, such as burglary, theft, and arson
  10. 24. The reason for committing a crime
  11. 25. "Stand by Decision" Doctrine referring to court precedent, whereby lower courts must follow decisions of higher courts when the same legal issues and questions comes before them, not disturbing settled points of law
  12. 26. A type of government that divides powers between a national government and governments of smaller geographic territories, including states, counties, and cities
  13. 27. Offenses that violate a society's shared norms
  14. 28. Committed by wealthy or powerful individuals in the course of their professional occupations
  15. 29. The standard used by jurors to arrive at a verdict whether or not the government has established guilt beyond a reasonable doubt
Down
  1. 1. Party bringing a lawsuit or initiating a legal action against someone else
  2. 2. The legal doctrine that says that, if a death occurs during the commission of a felony, the perpetrator of the crime may be changed with murder in the 1st degree, regardless of the abuse of intent, premeditation and deliberation, or malice afterthought
  3. 4. Police tactics that unduly encourage or induce an individual to commit a crime they typically would not commit
  4. 7. A lesser offense, typically punishable of a fine or up to 1 year in jail
  5. 8. Violent crimes, to include homicide, sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault
  6. 9. The response by a defendant to a criminal charge, to include denial of criminal allegations in an attempt to negate or overcome the charges
  7. 10. "Guilty Mind" Purposeful intent to commit a crime
  8. 11. The authority to make legal decisions and judgements, often based on geographic area
  9. 12. The prosecution of an accused person twice for the same charge
  10. 13. Person against whom a criminal charge is pending one charge with a crime
  11. 15. Noncriminal law, usually related to settling
  12. 18. "Guilty Deed"-Act that accompanies one's intent to commit a crime
  13. 21. "an eye for an eye" retaliation or revenge
  14. 23. Rules that set forth how substantive laws are to be enforced, such as those covering arrest, search and seizure