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