Criminology

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Across
  1. 3. presided over by a judge, judges, or a magistrate in civil and criminal cases
  2. 7. a young person.
  3. 8. the forming of a theory without firm evidence; assuming.
  4. 12. a formal written or spoken statement, especially one given in a court of law.
  5. 13. the first court date in a criminal case. When defendant finds out what they're charged with and what rights they have
  6. 17. the formal questioning of a witness called by the other party in a court of law to challenge or extend testimony already given.
  7. 20. the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.
  8. 21. the release of a prisoner before the completion of a sentence, on the promise of good behavior.
Down
  1. 1. the crime of killing a human being without malice aforethought, or otherwise in circumstances not amounting to murder.
  2. 2. a person who has committed a crime.
  3. 4. insufficient evidence that prevents a judge or jury from convicting a defendant of a crime in court.
  4. 5. declare the punishment decided for (an offender).
  5. 6. a place for criminals convicted of serious crimes.
  6. 7. 12 people sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.
  7. 9. a formal examination of evidence before a judge, and typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings.
  8. 10. a system of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes.
  9. 11. a lawyer.
  10. 14. illegal activity
  11. 15. the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs.
  12. 16. a place for those awaiting trial or held for minor crimes
  13. 18. a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, especially a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place.
  14. 19. information received from other people that one cannot be proven; rumor.