Across
- 4. serious crimes such as murder, kidnapping, robbery, etc.
- 5. crimes which can be considered between a felony and misdemeanor, based on circumstances
- 6. disputes and private rights between individuals, organizations/ parties or between the two, in which compensation is awarded to the victim
- 8. municipal regulations and laws enacted in local areas
- 10. each state’s unique system of laws and courts
- 11. protect citizens from excessive charges, limit of freedoms and abusive power from authorities
- 12. mild crimes (civil offenses or petty crimes) such as littering, parking violations, etc.
Down
- 1. set of laws which are related to the punishment of crimes and offenses
- 2. laws applied to the United States as a whole
- 3. body of law dealing with crime and the legal punishment of criminal offenses
- 7. serves as the federal government’s main penal code and includes criminal procedure for federal crimes
- 9. less serious crimes such as shoplifting or DUI