foundation of criminal justice

2. Rea the intention or knowledge of wrongdoing that constitutes part of a crime, as opposed to the action or conduct of the accused.
4. an action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law.
6. practice whereby a law enforcement agent induces a person to commit a criminal offense that the person would have otherwise been unlikely to commit.
7. a minor wrongdoing.
8. reas action or conduct that is a constituent element of a crime, as opposed to the mental state of the accused.
9. crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death.

1. the action of showing something to be right or reasonable.
3. a written law passed by a legislative body.
5. law the law as established by the outcome of former cases.
7. rule A test applied to determine whether a person accused of a crime was sane at the time of its commission and, therefore, criminally responsible for the wrongdoing. The M'Naghten rule is a test for criminal insanity.