Across
- 5. The questioning of a witness at a trial or hearing to check or discredit the witnesses' testimony
- 7. The final settlement and sentencing in a juvenile case
- 9. The punishment given to someone found guilty of committing a crime
- 11. More serious crime such as murder, rape, kidnapping, or robbery
- 13. The procedure used to determine the facts in a juvenile case
- 14. A juvenile court process that is much like a preliminary hearing in adult criminal law
- 15. The government in its role as the party who starts the legal proceedings against someone accused of a crime
- 16. To correct a person's behavior
- 17. A state's written criminal laws
- 19. Weight or stress
- 20. Taking charge of someone in an official way
Down
- 1. A child or teenager who commits a serious crime or repeatedly breaks the law
- 2. An example that helps make something clear
- 3. The process in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a less serious crime in order to receive a lighter sentence
- 4. An act that breaks a law and causes harm to people or to society in general
- 6. A youth charged with being beyond the control of his or her legal guardian
- 8. A youth who has committed an offense that is punishable by criminal process
- 10. Minor crime for which a person can be fined a small sum of money or jailed for up to one year
- 12. Of comparatively less importance
- 18. To allow