Across
- 4. Oral or written statements by the family or friends of the victim that explain the crime's impact on the victim and/or his or her family and the friends.
- 8. An intentional act or omission to act, neither justified not excused, that is in violation of criminal law and punishable by the state.
- 10. An institution for the confinement of people who have been convicted of serious crimes.
- 12. A type of conditional release that is based on good behavior or evidence of some level of rehabilitation.
Down
- 1. The territory over which a law enforcement agency has authority.
- 2. A verdict of not guilty.
- 3. A person against whom a charge is brought in court.
- 5. A perspective of criminal justice that identifies the repression of crime as the most important function of the criminal justice system.
- 6. To accuse of wrongdoing through formal accusations.
- 7. An individual charged with carrying out legal prosecution.
- 9. Behavioral expectations of a group.
- 11. A sum of money that arrested person pays to guarantee that he or she will appear are future hearings.