Across
- 4. Rules that set forth how substantive laws are to be enforced, such as those covering arrest, search and seizure
- 5. "Guilty Deed"-Act that accompanies one's intent to commit a crime
- 10. Police tactics that unduly encourage or induce an individual to commit a crime they typically would not commit
- 13. A serious offense with a possible sentence of more than a year in prison
- 15. The requirement that the state must meet to introduce evidence or establish facts
- 17. Offenses that violate a society's shared norms
- 19. The authority to make legal decisions and judgements, often based on geographic area
- 20. The reason for committing a crime
- 21. Response to a criminal charge in which the defendant admits to committing the act charged but argues for some mitigating reason they should not be help criminally responsible under law
- 22. "Guilty Mind" Purposeful intent to commit a crime
- 24. Person against whom a criminal charge is pending one charge with a crime
- 26. The standard used by jurors to arrive at a verdict whether or not the government has established guilt beyond a reasonable doubt
- 27. The test of legal insanity, asking whether the defendant understood the nature and quality of their act and, if so, if they understood it was wrong
- 28. The body of law that spells out elements of criminal acts
- 29. Crimes committed by members of illegal organizations
Down
- 1. Violent crimes, to include homicide, sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault
- 2. "Stand by Decision" Doctrine referring to court precedent, whereby lower courts must follow decisions of higher courts when the same legal issues and questions comes before them, not disturbing settled points of law
- 3. The response by a defendant to a criminal charge, to include denial of criminal allegations in an attempt to negate or overcome the charges
- 6. Crimes during which no violence is perpetuated against a person, such as burglary, theft, and arson
- 7. Committed by wealthy or powerful individuals in the course of their professional occupations
- 8. The prosecution of an accused person twice for the same charge
- 9. A type of government that divides powers between a national government and governments of smaller geographic territories, including states, counties, and cities
- 11. The body of law that defines criminal offense and prescribes punishment for their infractions
- 12. A purposeful act or state of mind to commit a crime
- 14. "an eye for an eye" retaliation or revenge
- 16. The legal doctrine that says that, if a death occurs during the commission of a felony, the perpetrator of the crime may be changed with murder in the 1st degree, regardless of the abuse of intent, premeditation and deliberation, or malice afterthought
- 18. A lesser offense, typically punishable of a fine or up to 1 year in jail
- 23. Party bringing a lawsuit or initiating a legal action against someone else
- 25. Noncriminal law, usually related to settling