Across
- 3. A set of rules or values that spell out appropriate human conduct
- 5. the legal finding by a jury, judge, or guilty plea, that a criminal defendant is guilty
- 9. theory of justice based on the assumption that there will always be competing interest and view points among members of society
- 11. Sentence A specific, fixed period, sentence ordered by a court
- 14. Sentence A scheme where by one is sentenced for a flexible time period (e.g. 5-10 years) so as to be released when rehabilitated or when the opportunity for rehabilitation is presented
- 16. The bringing of charges against a individual, based on probable cause, so as to bring the matter before a court
- 17. A penalty or punishment
- 18. Circumstances Circumstances that would tend to lessen the severity of the sentences, such as one's youthfulness, mental instability, not having a prior criminal record and so on
Down
- 1. process model A model by packer that advocates defendants presumption of innocence, protection of suspects rights, and limitations placed on police powers to avoid convicting innocent person
- 2. Prosecution and defense are permitted to show physical evidence and questions while judges decides
- 4. Authority to make decisions in enforcing the law based on one's observations and judgment (spirt of the law) rather than the letter of the law
- 6. control model A model by packer that emphasize law and order and argues that every effort must be made to suppress crime, and to try, convict, and incarcerate offenders
- 7. early release from prison, with conditions attached and under supervision of a patrol agency
- 8. cake model of criminal justice A model of criminal justice process whereby a four tiered hierarchy exist, with a few celebrated cases at the top, and lower tiers increasing in size as seriousness of cases decline and informal process (use of discretion) become more likely to occur
- 10. taking suspect into custody for purposes of charging that person with a crime
- 12. strikes law A crime control strategy where by an offender who commits three or more violent offenses will be sentenced to a lengthy term, in prison, usually 25 years to life
- 13. justice flow/process the movement of defendants and cases through the criminal's justice process, beginning a crime, and including stages that involve actions of criminal justice working within police courts, and correctional agencies
- 15. Allows the defendant to respond to the charges brought against him/her, requires the Gov. to prove it's case