Across
- 2. the action of repenting; sincere regret or remorse
- 3. a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed or while awaiting trial
- 4. a place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime
- 6. aim of punishment to put a person off committing a crime by the level of punishment
- 8. a person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour
- 9. a crime regarded in the US and many other judicial systems as more serious than a misdemeanour
Down
- 1. the action or process of forgiving or being forgiven
- 3. the infliction or imposition of a restriction, financial penalty, form of suffering, or other undesired consequence for an offence
- 5. a person who has committed a crime
- 7. an action or omission that constitutes an offence and is punishable by law