Criminal Justice, Chapter two Deffenitions

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Across
  1. 3. A system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government.
  2. 4. the reason a person may have committed a crime.
  3. 6. Prohibits anyone from being prosecuted twice for substantially the same crime.
  4. 8. Power of a court to adjudicate cases and issue orders.
  5. 13. Proof: The standard that a party seeking to prove a fact in court must satisfy to have that fact legally established.
  6. 15. generally non-violent in nature and includes public corruption, health care fraud, mortgage fraud, securities fraud, and money laundering.
  7. 19. A system of laws concerned with crimes and the punishment of individuals who commit crimes.
  8. 20. A continuing criminal enterprise that rationally works to profit from illicit activities that are often in great public demand.
  9. 23. a criminal charge that carries a potential jail sentence of less than one year.
  10. 24. stand by things decided” in Latin.
  11. 25. Commence prosecution of the defendant by inducing the defendant to engage in a criminal act that the defendant would not otherwise have committed.
  12. 26. A crime that has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force or other abuse of a person.
  13. 27. literal translation from Latin is "guilty mind."
  14. 28. The principle or law of retaliation that a punishment inflicted should correspond in degree and kind to the offense of the wrongdoer, as an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
Down
  1. 1. A victim's property is stolen or destroyed, without the use or threat of force against the victim.
  2. 2. establishes the rights and obligations that govern people and organizations; it includes all laws of general and specific applicability.
  3. 3. A crime punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by the death penalty.
  4. 5. He or she commits or attempts to commit an act clearly dangerous to human life and causes the death of an individual.
  5. 7. the mental objective behind an action.
  6. 9. The body of law that establishes the rules of the court and the methods used to enforce legal rights of those within the judicial system.
  7. 10. If a person did not know what they were doing or did not know it was wrong due to a mental defect, they cannot be found guilty of a crime.
  8. 11. when you are not firmly convinced of the Defendant's guilt, after you have weighed and considered all the evidence.
  9. 12. An act considered to be outside the normal bounds of social behavior and mortality.
  10. 14. An individual (or business) against whom a lawsuit is filed.
  11. 16. the party who initiates a lawsuit by filing a complaint with the clerk of the court against the defendant(s) demanding damages, performance and/or court determination of rights.
  12. 17. The law that pertains to persons, things, and relationships that develop among them.
  13. 18. An act of protecting one's own interests.
  14. 21. A defense in which the defendant introduces evidence, which, if found to be credible, will negate criminal liability or civil liability.
  15. 22. The act or omission that comprise the physical elements of a crime as required by statute.