CHAPTER 3 CRIMINAL LAW CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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Across
  1. 4. wrongful act
  2. 6. crimes committed negligently
  3. 7. conscious intentions at the time of the crime
  4. 9. damage caused by crime
  5. 13. Literally, the body of the crime. Figuratively, one of the things that a prosecutor must prove to show that a crime has been committed. For example, it is not enough that someone confesses to a crime without some other independent evidence that a crime took place. That evidence does not, however, have to be extensive.
  6. 15. crimes committed knowingly
  7. 16. require only actus reus
  8. 17. one person held responsible for another’s actions
  9. 18. liability legal concept that holds employers responsible for crimes resulting from their employees’ actions
  10. 19. legal concept that holds parents responsible for the actions of minor children
  11. 20. “let the superior reply,” holds those in authority responsible for the actions of people acting on their behalf
  12. 22. the intent to commit an action only, without intending a specific result
  13. 23. requirement that the act must cause the harm
Down
  1. 1. crimes committed recklessly
  2. 2. willful or wanton acts
  3. 3. wrongful mind
  4. 5. a crime must be voluntary
  5. 8. intent transferred from an intended to an unintended victim, or bystander
  6. 10. incomplete crimes.
  7. 11. the specific result intended by an act
  8. 12. theory that an action is not a crime unless it is prohibited by law and assigned a punishment by the state
  9. 14. dominion or control over property
  10. 21. wrong against society or the public interest