| A | B |
|---|
| self defence | A person having good reason to believe to be in danger of serious injury or death and uses force to protect self |
| imprisonment | Indefinite or indeterminate sentences handed down by the judge. |
| misdemeanors | Less serious crime with a less severe penalty. |
| assult | An attempt to commit a battery. |
| death penalty | Take the life of the convicted by use of various means, i.e., lethal injection, electric chair, gas mass. |
| computer crimes | Illegally using hardware and software by copying and/or taking data from websites and programs for personal use without prior permission. |
| fines | Payment of a specified amount of money as a penalty for committing a crime. |
| crime | An act against the public good, punishable by a fine, imprisonment, or both. |
| extortion | Unjust taking of money or a thing of value by a public official. |
| burglary | Breaking (opening) and entering of a dwelling house at night with the intent to commit a felony. |
| defendant | Person accused of committing a crime. |
| bribery | Illegally paying or giving anything of value to public officials in order to influence their official activity. |
| sex offence | Sexual assault committed by a friend or a date to include other types of sexual misconduct. |
| prosecutor | Attorney representing the state. |
| forgery | False making or changing of writing with the intent to defraud. |
| defence of family member | Person who uses force to rescue a family member who has been attacked. |
| insanity | Crime committed without the knowledge or mental state of the person. |
| felony | Major crime punishable by imprisonment or death. |
| sentence | Decision of judge to impose appropriate punishment of a crime. |
| entrapment | Law enforcement officer induces a law-abiding citizen to commit a crime. |
| larceny | Unlawful taking and carrying away of personal property of another with the intent to deprive the owner of it. |
| arson | Willful and malicious burning of a house or other building. |
| robbery | Wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal property of another accomplished by violence or threats. |
| embezzlement | Wrongful taking away of another’s property by a person who has been entrusted with that property. |
| manslaughter | Unlawful killing of another human being without malice aforethought. |
| juvenile | Youth under the legal age of adulthood. |
| kidnapping | Unlawful removal or restraint of a person against that person’s will. |
| battery | Unlawful touching of another person. |
| criminal | A person who has committed a crime. |
| murder | Unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought. |
