Criminal Justice Terminology
Across
- 1. agreement between two or more people to commit a crime
- 4. process by which a state or nation transfers custody of an individual for prosecution or punishment
- 7. prison terms for two or more convictions to be served simultaneously rather than one following the other
- 9. accomplice or abettor
- 10. tendency to relapse into criminal behavior
- 12. restriction setting the period of time allowed to elapse between the occurrence of an incident and the filing of a lawsuit or criminal prosecution
- 13. when a court official disqualifies or withdraws him or herself from a case due to questions regarding bias
- 14. officers who assists first responders
Down
- 1. person who persistently violates laws and has multiple arrests and convictions over an extended time
- 2. admission of guilt
- 3. prison terms for two or more convictions to be served one after another as opposed to simultaneously
- 5. person on parole who fails to report to his or her parole officer
- 6. process of helping an offender rejoin society and live as a law-abiding citizen
- 8. voluntary acknowledgement of certain facts
- 11. trial deemed invalid because of a fundamental error in procedure, such as misconduct or a hung jury