Across
- 5. deferent based on the premise that criminals should be punished because they deserve it
- 6. a situation in a civil case when an attorney agrees to forgo payment in return for a percentage of the potential settlement
- 7. serious criminal conduct punishable by incarceration for more than one year
- 8. the body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon
- 10. not in my backyard
- 11. a criminal proceeding when a defendant is formally charged with a crime and is asked to enter a plea
- 12. a private wrong that causes physical harm to another
Down
- 1. terrorism in which drug lords, in some countries, operate virtually unchecked by law enforcement
- 2. relief of an inmate before his/her maximum sentence has been served
- 3. tactics in which law enforcement officers pose as buyers of illegal substances or goods
- 4. the bodily confinement of a person in a jail or prison
- 9. to restrict the freedom of a person by taking him/her into police custody
