A | B |
Arson | ”willful 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 |
death penalty | ”take the life of the convicted by use of various means |
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 a 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. “ |