Criminal Justice Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. the system responsible for supervising and rehabilitating offenders.
  2. 3. unlawfully taking and holding a person against their will
  3. 5. threatening or attempting to harm someone.
  4. 6. a person who saw an event or has information about it.
  5. 8. taking property from another person by force
  6. 9. a group of citizens who decide the facts of a court case.
  7. 13. the attorney who presents the case against the accused.
  8. 15. information or objects used to prove facts in a trial.
Down
  1. 1. the person accused of a crime in court.
  2. 4. unlawful physical contact or use of force.
  3. 7. entering a building illegally to commit a crime.
  4. 10. the criminal act of setting fire to property.
  5. 11. a serious crime that results in imprisonment for more than one year.
  6. 12. the official who oversees court proceedings.
  7. 14. a less serious crime usually punishable by a fine.