| A | B |
|---|
| Arson | Illful and malicious burning of a house or other building. |
| Assault | An attempt to commit a battery |
| Battery | Unlawful touching of another person |
| Bribery | Illegally paying or giving anything of value to public officials in order to influence their official activity |
| Burglary | Breaking (opening) and entering of a dwelling house at night with the intent to commit a felony |
| Computer crimes | Illegally using hardware and software by copying and/or taking data from web sites and programs for personal use without prior permission |
| Crime | An act against the public good, punishable by a fine, imprisonment, or both |
| Death penalty | Take the life of the convicted by use of various means, i.e., lethal injection, electric chair, gas mass |
| Defendant | Person accused of committing a crime |
| Defense of family members | Person who uses force to rescue a family member who has been attacked |
| Embezzlement | Wrongful taking away of another’s property by a person who has been entrusted with that property |
| Entrapment | Law enforcement officer induces a law-abiding citizen to commit a crime |
| Extortion | Unjust taking of money or a thing of value by a public official |
| Felony | Major crime punishable by imprisonment or death |
| Fines | Payment of a specified amount of money as a penalty for committing a crime |
| Forgery | False making or changing of writing with the intent to defraud |
| Imprisonment | Indefinite or indeterminate sentences handed down by the judge |
| Insanity | Crime committed without the knowledge or mental state of the person |
| Juvenile | Youth under the legal of adulthood |
| Kidnapping | Unlawful removal or restraint of a person against that person’s will |
| Larceny | Unlawful taking and carrying away of personal property of another with the intent to deprive the owner of it |
| Manslaughter | Unlawful killing of another human being without malice aforethought |
| Misdemeanors | Less serious crime with a less severe penalty |
| Murder | Unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought |
| Prosecutor | Attorney representing the state |
| Robbery | Wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal property of another accomplished by violence or threats |
| Self-defense | A person having good reason to believe to be in danger of serious injury or death and uses force to protect self |
| Sentence | Decision of judge to impose appropriate punishment of a crime |
| Sex offenses | Sexual assault by a friend or a date to include other types of sexual misconduct |
| Telecommunication laws or Cyber laws | Governs the legal issues of cyberspace |
