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| an act or failure to act that violates a law for which a government has set a penalty |
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| a serious criminal offense punishable by a prison sentence of more than one year |
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| Accessory before the fact |
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| one who encourages orders or helps plan a crime |
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| failing to perform an act required by criminal law |
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| the killing of another person homicide can be criminal non criminal or negligent |
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| does not require malice or premeditation but is the result of a desire to inflict bodily harm; unlawful killing |
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| unintentional but done during an unlawful act of a lesser nature |
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| any intentional unlawful physical contact inflicted on one person by another without consent in some states this is combined with assault |
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| the deliberate and malicious burning of another persons property |
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| a misdemeanor a theft of any thing below a certain value (usually $100) |
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| breaking and entering a building with intention of committing a crime |
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| voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her spouse |
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| to take a person suspected of a crime into custody |
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| a written statement of facts sworn to or made under oath before someone authorized to administer an oath |
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| protects peoples privacy rights |
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| can be both a misdemeanor and felony has a high number reported and 16.2% are arrested |
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| latin for "parent of the country"the doctrin that allows the government to take care of minors and other who cannot legally take care of themselves |
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| the goal of law is to protect people against crimes "criminal"and "noncriminal"as well as punish those who perfored ced crime |
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| a criminal offense less serious than a felony punishable by a prison sentence one year or less |
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| the act of requesting or strongly urging someone to do something illegal solicitation is considered a crime |
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| the unlawful killing of a person with malica aforthought |
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| an intentional threat, snow of force, or movement that causes a reasonable fear of or an actual physcical contact with another person with special circumstances due to aggrivation |
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| the deliberate destruction or defacement of another person's property also known as malicious mischief |
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| the takin of money or property by a person to whom it has been entrusted |
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| the act of making a fake document or alterin a real one with the intent to comit fraud |
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| an act or woman taking part in sexual intercourse for money |
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| an act by law enforcement officials to persuade a person to commit a crime |
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| a legal rule that generally prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence against the defendant at trual generally applies to violations of a defendants fourth fifth or sixth amendment rights |
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| a sentence issued by the court but not actually served the individual is usually released by court with no conditions attatched |
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| the act of restoring something to its owner the act of making good for loss or damage repaying or refunding illegally obtained money or property |
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| a minor who if commited a crime would usually be processed through a juvenile justice system |
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| person who commits a crime |
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| someone who knowing a crime has been commited helps conceal the crime or criminal |
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| an effort to commit a crime that goes beyond mere preporation but does not result in the commission of the crime |
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| ill will; deliberate intent to harm someone |
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| the killing of someone during the commission of certain felonies regardless of intent to kill |
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| causin death through criminally negligent behavior |
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| the unlawful taking of anothers property w/ the intent to steal it |
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| the unlawful takin of property from a person's immediate possesion by force or intimidation |
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| offering to someone as genuine a document known to be a false |
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| the deliberate takin of ones own life |
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| a court ordered document authorizing the police to arrest an individual on a specific charge |
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| formally charge a person committing a crime if there is enough evidence for trial |
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| a monetary on penalty imposed upon someone |
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| are crimes where nobody is hurt or held hostage in the process of the crime being committed |
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| a reason for criminal punishment that stresses keeping a convicted person confined to protect society |
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| you can not be charged for a crime if a law was created before crime was committed |
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| a person who voluntarily helps another person commit a crime unlike an accessory an accomplice is usually present or directly aids the crimes |
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| an agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime along with a substantial act toward committing the crime |
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| planned in advance and done with malice or during the commission of a dangerous |
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| intentional but not premeditated resulting from the heat of passion or diminished mental capacity of the killer |
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| an intentional threat show of force or movement that causes a reasonable fear of or an actual physical contact with another person can be a crime or tort |
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| unlawful sexual intercourse it is committed when on party forces another party to have intercourse it implies lack of consent |
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| a felony is the theft of anything above a certain value (often $100 or more) |
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| taking property illegally though threats of harm (blackmail) |
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| the crime of bein married to more than one person @ a time |
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| a latin word meaning "elsewhere" an excuse or plea that a person was somewhere else at the time a crime was committed |
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| a reasonable belief known personally or through reliable sources that a specific person has committed a crime |
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| rights to accused persons; double jeopardy |
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| a system of supervised freedom usually by probation officer for persons convicted of a criminal offense typically the probationee must agree to certain conditions such as getting a job avoiding drugs and not traveling outside a limited ares |
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| to give up some right privilege or benefit voluntarily |
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| commercial hate obscenity defamation symbolic |
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| what is needed to establish probable cause |
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| reliable resources/witness's |
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| "stop and frisk" became legal with this case |
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