Across
- 3. The term applied to the most serious of crimes that also carry a possible prison term of greater than one year.
- 5. interrelated decision points where citizens and criminal justice system actors make decisions about reported crimes and the future of defendants.
- 8. The ___ ___ model emphasizes procedures and guidelines that the government must follow in order to convict defendants.
- 9. human behaviors or actions that are considered by others to be wrong, bad, or inappropriate.
- 10. ____ in se are inherently bad or evil behaviors.
- 11. The number of crimes committed expressed as a number of events per 1,000 or 100,000 people.
- 13. The ___ ___ model is a philosophy that the most important goal of the criminal justice system is to suppress crime.
Down
- 1. A relatively stable, purposive course of action followed by an actor or set of actors in dealing with a problem or matter of concern.
- 2. ____ ____ statistics are gathered by asking people to report the number of times they have committed a crime during a set period of time.
- 4. A class of less serious crimes, usually involving punishment less than a year in prison.
- 6. The ___ ___ movement is a long-standing attempt by the African American community to overturn the legal and social restrictions of segregation and racism
- 7. ____ social control is used to influence behavior. Examples include parents, teachers, and coaches.
- 9. The ____ figure of crime is a term used by criminologists to refer to the total number of unreported crimes.
- 12. A crime in which no individual is directly victimized, including crimes such as illegal drug use or underage drinking.
- 14. ____ are gathered by criminal justice institutions and usually involve crimes brought to the attention of authorities.