Criminal Justice Terminology

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Across
  1. 1. a person who is not the chief offender but is involved in some way; accomplice or abettor
  2. 3. blood alcohol concentration (abbreviation)
  3. 7. lawsuit brought to redress a private issue (as opposed to a crime)
  4. 10. confidential informant (abbreviation)
  5. 11. facts and circumstances providing reasonable justification for an seizure, search or warrant
  6. 14. behavior accompanying a crime which increases its intensity or adds to its consequences beyond what is necessary for the commission of the crime itself
  7. 15. causing bodily harm or offensive physical contact
  8. 16. private investigator (abbreviation)
  9. 18. officer of the law responsible for investigating crimes (rather than patrolling or responding)
  10. 20. International Criminal Police Organization (abbreviation)
  11. 21. temporary detention facility
  12. 23. dead on arrival (abbreviation)
  13. 25. unlawful killing of a person with malice
  14. 26. date of birth (abbreviation)
  15. 28. process by which a state or nation transfers custody of an individual for prosecution or punishment
  16. 29. overdose (abbreviation)
  17. 31. attempting or threating to inflict bodily injury
  18. 32. written order issued by a judge directing an officer to perform an arrest, search or seizure
  19. 37. facts and circumstances providing justification for a brief stop or detention; less than probable cause, but more than a hunch or mere speculation
  20. 40. voluntary acknowledgement of certain facts
  21. 43. theft of property from a person using force or the threat of force
  22. 44. legally defined area over which an agency has control
Down
  1. 2. restriction setting the period of time allowed to elapse between the occurrence of an incident and the filing of a lawsuit or criminal prosecution
  2. 4. unlawful killing of a person without malice
  3. 5. be on the lookout; similar to APB (abbreviation)
  4. 6. entering a property or room with the intent to steal items from the premises
  5. 7. Admission of enough facts to establish guilt of a particular crime
  6. 8. person less than 18 years old; also known as a minor
  7. 9. also known as (abbreviation)
  8. 10. drug or substance regulated by federal or state law
  9. 12. Child Protective Services (abbreviation)
  10. 13. area an officer is assigned to patrol
  11. 15. breaking and entering (abbreviation)
  12. 17. unlawful killing of a person by another person; includes murder and manslaughter
  13. 19. agreement between two or more people to commit a crime
  14. 22. canine (dog) (abbreviation)
  15. 24. juvenile who habitually violates the law
  16. 27. Special Weapons and Tactics (abbreviation)
  17. 30. driving while intoxicated/impaired (abbreviation)
  18. 33. deliberately and illegally setting fire to a property
  19. 34. officers who assist first responders
  20. 35. Social Security number (abbreviation)
  21. 36. Combined DNA Index System (abbreviation)
  22. 38. Assistant Attorney General (abbreviation)
  23. 39. elected chief officer of a county law enforcement agency
  24. 40. all-points bulletin; similar to BOLO (abbreviation)
  25. 41. modus operandi (Latin for method of operation); pattern of behavior typical for a particular offender committing a specific crime (abbreviation)
  26. 42. limited protective search of a person consisting of a pat down of outer clothing