Civics Chapter 16 Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. The questioning of a witness at a trial or hearing to check or discredit the witnesses' testimony
  2. 7. The final settlement and sentencing in a juvenile case
  3. 9. The punishment given to someone found guilty of committing a crime
  4. 11. More serious crime such as murder, rape, kidnapping, or robbery
  5. 13. The procedure used to determine the facts in a juvenile case
  6. 14. A juvenile court process that is much like a preliminary hearing in adult criminal law
  7. 15. The government in its role as the party who starts the legal proceedings against someone accused of a crime
  8. 16. To correct a person's behavior
  9. 17. A state's written criminal laws
  10. 19. Weight or stress
  11. 20. Taking charge of someone in an official way
Down
  1. 1. A child or teenager who commits a serious crime or repeatedly breaks the law
  2. 2. An example that helps make something clear
  3. 3. The process in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a less serious crime in order to receive a lighter sentence
  4. 4. An act that breaks a law and causes harm to people or to society in general
  5. 6. A youth charged with being beyond the control of his or her legal guardian
  6. 8. A youth who has committed an offense that is punishable by criminal process
  7. 10. Minor crime for which a person can be fined a small sum of money or jailed for up to one year
  8. 12. Of comparatively less importance
  9. 18. To allow