Across
- 4. prison inmates, probationers, parolees, offenders assigned to alternative sentencing programs, and those held in jails
- 8. a charm for when the prosecutor does not file formal charges against a defendant or drops the charges against them.
- 11. With the increase of the prison population so does the need for an increased workforce.
- 12. Latin term meaning no contest. Meaning to not dispute criminal accusations.
- 13. About 3.9 million people in the United states or on this form of punishment.
- 14. a state or federal confinement facility that has custodial authority over adults sentenced to confinement
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- 1. A defendant who has been convicted has the ability to contest the conviction as a matter of right
- 2. A law that was one solution to the “get-tough-on-crime laws” in the mid 1990s
- 3. a minor violation of state statute or local ordinance usually punishable by a fine.
- 5. an important source of information on crime for correctional professionals furnished by the FBI
- 6. a serious criminal offense specifically one punishable by death or incarceration in a prison facility for more than a year.
- 7. the process of achieving justice through the application of the criminal law and through the workings of the criminal justice system.
- 9. the use of correctional facilities, particularly prisons, in the United states as determined by historical and cross cultural standards.
- 10. a minor violation of criminal law such as petty theft or simple assault punishable by confinement for one year or less typically in a county jail.