Across
- 2. order crimes: Offenses that violate a society's shared norms
- 4. defense: The response to a criminal charge in which the defendant admits to committing the act charged but argues that for some migrating reason he or she should not be held criminally responsible under the law
- 7. Jeopardy: The prosecution of an accused person twice for the same offense; prohibited by the 5th Amendment except under certain circumstances
- 9. A serious offense with a possible sentence of more than a year in prison
- 11. against persons: Violent Crimes, to include homicide, sexual assault. robbery , and aggravated assault
- 13. crime: Crimes committed by members of legal organizations
- 15. law: The body of law that defines criminal offenses and prescribes punishment for there infractions
- 17. specific: A purposeful act or state if mind to commit a crime
- 21. doubt: The standard used by judges to arrive at a verdict whether or not the government (prosecutor) has established guilt beyond a reasonable doubt
- 22. test A legal doctrine that states a person cannot be held criminally responsible for an act if they had a mental disability that prevents them from knowing
- 24. rea: Latin for “guilty mind” the purposeful intention to commit a criminal act
- 25. The reason for committing a crime
- 26. A type of government and governments of smaller geographic territories, including states, countries, and cities
Down
- 1. reus: Latin for “Guilty deed” an act that accompanies ones intent to commit a crime such as pulling out a knife and the stabbing someone
- 2. The party bringing a lawsuit to initiating a leggings action against someone else
- 3. decisis The legal principle of determining points in litigation across to precedent
- 5. of proof: The requirement the the state must meet to introduce evidence or establish facts
- 6. rule: The legal doctrine that says that, if a death occurs during the commission of a felony, the perpetrator of the crime may be charged with murder in the first degree, regardless of the absence of intent, premeditation and deliberation.
- 8. law: Rules that set forth hoe substantive laws are to be enforced, such as these covering arrest, search, and seizure
- 10. against property: Crimes during where no violence is perpetrated against a person, such as burglary, theft, and arson
- 12. talionis: Latin for “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”; retaliation or revenge that dates back to the bible and the middle ages
- 14. A lesser offense, typically punishable by a fine or up to one year in a local jail
- 16. Police tactics that unduly encourage or induce an individual to commit a crime he or she typically would not commit
- 18. jurisdiction: The authority to make legal decisions and judgements, often based on geographic area (territory) or type of case in question
- 19. law. A set law that governs how members of a society are how to behave
- 20. The response by a defendant to a criminal charge, to include deal of the crin=minal allegation in an attempt to neglect to overcome the charges
- 23. collar crime. Generally non violent crime in nature