Chapter 3
Across
- 3. An annual report compiled by the FBI to portray the crime rate in the United States.
- 8. A noncriminal offense for which the penalty is a fine rather than incarceration.
- 10. The degree of proof required to decide in favor of one side or the other in a civil case. In general, this requirement is met when a plaintiff proves that a fact is more likely than not true.
- 14. Punishable by imprisonment for a year or longer, or, on rare occasions, death.
- 15. A descriptive term for acts that are made illegal by criminal stature and are not necessarily wrong in and of themselves.
- 16. In a civil court, legal responsibility for ones own or another's actions.
- 17. LAW The branch of law dealing with the definition and enforcement of all private or public rights.
- 18. A criminal offense that is not a felony; usually punishable by a fine and/or a jail term of less than one year.
- 19. A method of gathering crime data through participants to determine their experiences as victims of crime.
Down
- 1. Negligent homicide in which the offender had no intent to kill his or her victim.
- 2. All crimes recorded by the FBI that do not fall into the category of Part I offenses
- 4. A term for acts that are inherently wrong, regardless of whether they are prohibited by law
- 5. State of mind in which the offender's behavior shows a lack of concern for the well-being of his or her victims.
- 6. The person or institution that initiates a lawsuit in civil court proceedings.
- 7. According to the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), a law enforcement agency solves a particular offense when a person is arrested, charged, and turned over to the court for prosecution.
- 9. The degree of proof required to find the defendant in a criminal trial guilty of committing the crime.
- 10. Crimes reported annually by the FBI in its Uniform Crime Report
- 11. A term used to describe the actual amount of crime that takes place.
- 12. Homicide in which the intent to kill was present in the mind of the offender, but malice was lacking.
- 13. In a civil court, the person or institution against whom an action is brought. IN a criminal court, the person or entity who had been formally accused of violating a criminal law.