Across
- 5. Circumstances that would tend to lesson the severity of the sentence
- 6. A crime control strategy whereby an offender will be sentenced to a lengthy term in prison
- 8. A specific, fixed period sentence ordered by a court
- 10. Explains how a society creates laws as a result of common interests and values
- 12. A model of the criminal justice process whereby a fourtiered hierarchy exists
- 14. Early release from prison
- 16. the bringing of charges against an individual
- 18. Authority to make decisions in enforcing the law based on ones observations and judgement rather than the letter of the law
Down
- 1. Explains how powerful groups create laws to protect their values and interests in diverse societies
- 2. A scheme whereby one is sentenced for a flexible time period so as to be released when rehabilitation is presented
- 3. Elements of a crime that enhance its seriousness
- 4. A model by Packer that advocates defendants presumption of innocence, protection of suspects rights, and limitations placed on police powers to avoid convicting innocent persons
- 7. The legal resolution of a dispute by judge or jury
- 9. The movement of defendants and cases through the criminal justice process
- 10. The legal finding by jury or judge, or through a guilty plea, that the criminal defendant is guilty
- 11. A set of rules or values that spell out appropriate human conduct
- 13. A penalty or punishment
- 15. The taking into custody or detaining of one who is suspected of committing a crime
- 17. A court or jury's judgement or verdict of not guilty of the offenses charged