| 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, 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 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 |
| manslaughter | unlawful killing of another human being without malice aforethought |
| 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 |
| 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 |
