Criminal 1-4 Crossword
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
 
 
Down: 2) an agreement between two or more person to commit ot to effect the commission of an unlaeful act, or to use unlawful means to accomplish an act that is not unlawful3) law that governs relationships between private parties; includes codes regulating marriages, divorces, and many other forms of personal and business relationships, such as inheritance and adoption5) a common law doctrine that relies on precedent to resolve a current dispute; let the decision stand6) an authoritative methid by which people are committed to one another through societal enforcement of standards for human behavior8) a partial or unfinished crime, such as an attempt or conspiracy , which does not culminate in the complete commission of criminal harm10) the request to perform a criminal act12) a person who actually commits a crime13) a term used in some statutes to reger to anal intercourse, fellatio, and cunnilingus14) attempt standard maintaining that an act does not become an attempt until it ceases to be equivocal; an act must unequivocally manifest a defendant's criminal intent15) a mental state where a person conciously engages in conduct and seeks to achieve a specific harmful result18) a common law rule maintaining that, when interpreting cague words withing a criminal law, courts should give defendants, rather than the government, the benefit of the doubt as to the statute's meaning19) criminal offenses that perpetrate harm on larger societal interests; these include fighting, breach of peace, disorderly conduct, vagrancy, loitering, unlawful assembly, public intoxication, and illegal carrying of weapons20) the authority of courts to review acts of government for their constitutionally and, where inconsistent with the Constitution, declare the acts null and void.23) a judicial doctrine interpreting the Commerce Clause; maintains that Congress has the authority to regulate interstate commerce and anything else that has a close and substantial relation to interstate commerce24) the statutory components of a criminal offense26) a standard for determining causation that asks whether a particular form of harm would have occured but for a person's conduct28) a battery committed under more severe circumstances or resulting in more serious harm29) legal opinions written by a court31) the unlawful violation of a private legal right or the violation of a public duty33) law written by a legislature37) crimes regarded as acts that are criminal simply because a law prohibits them38) "guilty act"42) principles, practices, or values held by individuals or small groups that are self-enforced or regulated through social rejection or approval43) legislation enacted at a local level of some states44) a failure to act45) the act of placing another person in a state of fear of death or bodily injurt by way of acts of intimidation or threat46) a violation of a criminal law48) a defendant's knowledge or "guilty knowledge" Across: 1) the lack of ordinary care4) the legal authority to address disputes withih a given geographic location or subject matter7) the relationship between the person who commits the crime and the other individuals who assist in the crime9) self-inflicted death11) a type of injury caused by a person's actions or inaction16) a person who assists in the commission of a crime, but does not commit the actus reus17) the general power of states to make and enforce criminal laws within their geographic boundaries21) the act of deliberating, meditating on, or planning a course of action22) a legal standard for causation that holds individuals criminally liable for causing harm when it can logically be shown that the harm caused was reasonably foreseeable from their conduct25) a life-endangering or evil intent state of mind27) pubklic criticism and punishment for a person's wrongdoing; a public shaming of sorts30) a case or judicial ruling that has already been decided32) intercourse involving sex organs34) a minor criminal offense, which is generally punishable by only a monetary sanction; often considered a "ticketable offense"35) intermediate courts of appeals in the federal judiciary; hear most appeals from criminal cases decided by district courts36) the act of a citizen to overthrow, substantially undermine, or make war against his or her own nation or country 39) an assault that is committed with the intention of committing an additional crime40) an action that causes unlawful personal injury to another41) the unlawful touching of an intimate part of another's body against that person's will and for the purpose of sexual arousal, gratification, or abuse47) the modern approach to judging attempt cases; finds an attempt crime where a person commits an overt act that constitutes a substantial step toward committing a crime49) rules that govern more formal social settings or groups, including public or professional organizations, which are enforced by members within the group50) th division of power among layers of government, with the federal, state, and local governments as the primary units of division51) crimes regarded as acts that are wrong in and of themselves52) a mental state where a person consciously engages in conduct with the awareness that a harmful result is practically certain to occur53) the body of legislative laws in some states; indicates that the original body of statutes was revised at a particular time54) focuses on how particular words or phrases found within a law were initially received or understood by the recipients of the law55) a serious crime for which at least a year in prison is a possible punishment56) guilty mind57) the belief that an orderly society must be governed by established principles and known standards that are uniformly and fairly applied58) a justice system involving one party making an accusation about another party, thereby placing the accused party in a defenseive position; in criminal cases , this typicallyinvolves the prosecutor filin an idictment or criminal complaint against a person
 

 

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