Across
- 1. / People who assume there is a universal definition of right and wrong
- 5. / criminals calculate the costs and benefits of their activity
- 9. / fault is not an issue, there is no defense
- 13. / genetic factors influence criminal activity
- 16. / taking the law into your own hands
- 17. / a philosophical theory stating that positive knowledge is based on natural phenomena and their properties and relations
- 22. / hypothesis that if risks outweigh the benefits and punishments are certain, people will not knowingly break the law.
- 23. / principle where an unintended crime is an offence
- 24. / mental element of crime
- 26. / a reaction against or a retreat from the regulatory social controls of society
- 27. / either summary of indictable, chosen by court
- 28. / following or pursuing persistently.
- 29. / serious criminal violations
- 30. / reason behind intent
- 31. / mental purpose of accomplishment
- 32. / careless behaviour
- 33. / theory arguing that poor communities are more likely to condone criminal activity
Down
- 2. / Theory arguing that criminal activity is more likely in a capitalist society
- 3. offences / minor criminal violations
- 4. / the government is a second father figure to society
- 6. / one can be responsible without fault
- 7. / genetic defects and neurological dysfunctions are related to criminal behaviour
- 8. / accused chooses to avoid consequences of a potential crime
- 10. / goal of commtting an act
- 11. / theory that states that nature is more influential than nurture
- 12. / Idea that people commit crimes through desperation
- 14. / the doctrine that actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority.
- 15. / study of nature and means of crime
- 18. / state of mind
- 19. / defense that accused acted as any reasonable person would
- 20. / physical aspect of cirme
- 21. / violations that arent necessarily crimes
- 25. / measure of comparison of what a reasonable person would do