Across
- 3. Taking a mugshot, giving fingerprints, and submitting to a search before entering a jail.
- 6. The “state of mind” required to commit a cold, calculated murder, in the eyes of the law.
- 9. The defense used by someone who is coerced into committing a theft to avoid having a member of their family harmed.
- 10. A diversion from incarceration for someone who is younger, has little criminal history, or has committed a nonserious crime.
- 12. A “criminal act” may include a statement of intention to act.
- 13. Provides the best estimate of how much crime goes unreported to police.
- 15. A rule that limited the amount of data collected about crime in the Uniform Crime Reports.
- 16. Laws pertaining to processes that must be followed, e.g., making arrests, collecting evidence, or interrogating suspects.
- 18. Someone may not mean to cause harm but their behavior places others at risk. E.g., firing a handgun into the air to celebrate.
- 19. Committed when a citizen helps a foreign government harm their own country.
- 21. The concept that describes a certain type of crime, such as hate crimes, terrorism, or cybercrime.
- 22. A “criminal act” may include planning to act.
- 23. I couldn’t have committed the crime because I was at a Colts game. Here’s my ticket stub and a video clip of me buying a hotdog.
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- 1. Using force or the threat of force to steal someone’s person property.
- 2. Speeding is an example of this.
- 4. A “criminal act” may include a try without success.
- 5. Most criminal cases are disposed (resolved) this way.
- 7. Laws that are written down.
- 8. Rights that protect someone from saying something self-incriminating during police questioning.
- 11. Is defined as “not fully formed.” In the context of crime, it is a crime that was attempted but not completed.
- 14. An “official report” of crime.
- 17. A “self-report” crime measure that treats one murder the same as three thefts.
- 20. A model that describes parts of the CJ system being at odds with each other.