Across
- 2. A sentence entailing the conditional release of a convicted offender into the community under the supervision of the court (in the form of a probation officer), subject to certain conditions for a specified time.
- 3. The various sequential stages through which offenders pass, from initial contact with the law to final disposition, and the agencies charged with enforcing the law at each of these stages.
- 12. If a person is taken into custody for a misdemeanor, a hearing is held to determine if probable cause exists that he committed the crime.
- 14. The branch of government in a state invested with power to make and repeal laws.
Down
- 1. The decision by a prosecutor to drop a case after a complaint has been made because of, for example, insufficient evidence, witness reluctance to testify, police error, or office policy.
- 4. A police officer cannot arrest someone for a misdemeanor unless the officer sees the crime occur. To make an arrest for a crime he did not witness, the officer must obtain a warrant.
- 5. The ability of society and its institutions to control, manage, restrain, or direct human behavior.
- 6. Vigilante groups that enforced discipline on slaves and apprehended runaway slaves seeking freedom.
- 7. A state or federal correctional institution for the incarceration of felony offenders for terms of one year or more: penitentiary.
- 8. A county correctional institution used to hold people awaiting trial or sentencing, as well as misdemeanor offenders sentenced to a term of less than one year.
- 9. The early release of a prisoner from incarceration subject to conditions set by a parole board
- 10. Agency funded by the federal Safe Streets and Crime Control Act of 1968 that provided technical assistance and hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to local and state justice agencies between 1969 and 1982.
- 11. Written court order authorizing and directing that an individual be taken into custody to answer criminal charges.
- 13. Taking a person into legal custody for the purpose of restraining the accused until he or she can be held accountable for the offense at court proceedings