Across
- 2. The legal system or process of applying laws fairly and judging crimes.
- 4. The process of restoring an offender to a useful and law-abiding life through therapy, education, or training.
- 7. Laws considered collectively, or the process of enacting and passing statutory rules.
- 11. The formal punishment or decision pronounced by a court of law upon an offender.
- 12. Punishment inflicted on an offender as vengeance or deserving payback for a criminal act
- 14. A reason, rationale, or defense showing why a particular action or penal measure is right and reasonable.
- 15. A sum of money ordered by a court or authority to be paid as a legal penalty.
Down
- 1. The damaging lack or loss of rights, privileges, liberty, or material benefits imposed as a consequence of crime.
- 3. The state of being confined or imprisoned in a correctional facility.
- 5. Depriving an offender of the legal or physical capacity to commit further offences, typically through detention.
- 6. The theory or action of discouraging criminal acts through the fear of punishment.
- 8. The monitoring and oversight of an offender serving a non-custodial penalty within the community.
- 9. Returning property or monetary compensation paid by an offender to the victim for the injury or loss caused.
- 10. An official organization or person with the legal power to make decisions, enforce laws, or order penalties.
- 13. Inflicting, intending, or involving punishment (e.g., punitive measures or justice).
