Across
- 4. the body of law that defines criminal offenses and prescribes punishments for their infractions
- 6. crimes committed by members of illegal organizations
- 8. the standard used by jurors to arrive at a verdict
- 16. crimes committed by wealthy or powerful individuals in the course of their professions or occupations
- 17. 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
- 18. a person against whom a criminal charge is pending; one charged with a crime
- 21. Latin for "guilty mind"- the purposeful intention to commit a criminal act
- 24. lesser offense, typically punishable by a fire or up to 1 year in jail
- 26. body of law that spells out the elements of criminal acts
- 28. the party brining a lawsuit or initiating a legal action against someone else
- 29. offenses the violate a society's shared norms
Down
- 1. generic term for all noncriminal law, usually related to settling disputes between private citizens, government, and/or business entities
- 2. crimes during which no violence is perpetrated against a person(burglary, theft, and arson)
- 3. if a death occurs during the commission of felony, the perpetrator of the crime may be charged with murder in 1st degree
- 5. the requirements that the state must meet to introduce evidence or establish facts
- 7. latin for "guilty deed"- an act that accompanies ones intent to commit a crime
- 9. the authority to make legal decisions and judgments, based on geographic area or the type of case in question
- 10. reason for committing a crime
- 11. the response by a defendant to a criminal charge, to include denial of the criminal allegations in an attempt to negate or overcome the charges
- 12. type of government that divides between a national government and governments of smaller geographic territories, including states, countries, cities
- 13. police tactics that unduly encourage or induce an individual to commit a crime he or she typically would not commit
- 14. a purposeful act or state of mind to commit a crime
- 15. the test of legal insanity, asking whether the defendant understood the nature and quality of his or her act, if so, if he or she understood it was wrong
- 19. rules that set forth how substantive laws are to enforced
- 20. violent crimes, to include homicide, sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault
- 22. the response to a criminal charge in which the defendant admits to committing the act charged but argues that for some mitigating reason he or she should not be held criminally responsible under the law
- 23. the prosecution an accused person twice for the same offense; prohibited by the fifth amendment except under certain circumstances
- 25. serious offense with a possible sentence of more than a year in prison
- 27. decisis Latin for "to stand by a decision"- a doctrine referring to court president