Across |
1. | criminal act and intent may cause the harm |
6. | traditional body of unwritten historica precedents created from everyday social customs, rules and practices |
10. | had to commit the act to prevent a great evil |
11. | federal law enacted in response to 9/11 terrorist attacks that broadened the investigative authority of law enforcement |
14. | act and mental state coexist |
15. | minor violation of criminal law sometimes described as ticketable--jaywalking, for example |
17. | minor law violation--usually involves ticketing and releasing the individual with a promise to appear in court |
18. | causes a person to be out of touch with reality |
23. | consists of action that is a step toward the intended commission of another offense |
26. | unlawful entry into a fixed structure to commit a felony or a theft. |
28. | seeks to protect personal freedoms within the criminal justice process |
30. | perspective that the system's subcomponents function to serve their own interests |
33. | guilty mind, intent |
34. | statistical program run by the FBI to study the crime rate |
36. | annual survey conducted by the BJS |
37. | helps the government regulate businesses and activities in industry |
38. | law that comes from judicial decisions |
39. | serious crime punishable by death or more than a year in prison |
40. | stealing an automobile |
44. | states you cannot be tried for the same crime twice |
45. | violation of criminal law |
46. | rights guaranteed to all US citizens by the US Constitution |
48. | states that to have an orderly society we must have laws that are applied uniformily and fairly to all members of society |
49. | less serious crime punishable by less than a year in jail |
50. | the study of the causes of crime |