| 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. “ |
