| A | B |
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| Crime | an offense against the public at large |
| Criminal law | body of law that prevent harm to society and defines what behavior is criminal |
| prosecutor | name given to ghe government as the party that accuses a person of a crime |
| defendant | person accused of a crime |
| common law | laws derived from England and adopted in the U.S. |
| statutory law | body of laws passed by legislative bodies |
| penal code | a collection of state statutes that define criminal offenses |
| case law | sum total of all previous court decisions, statutes, regulations, and constitutional provisions |
| Precedent | a decision in a court case that furnishes an example or authority for deciding subsequent cases in which identical or similar fact are presented |
| administrative law | rules and regulations created for administrative agencies |
| felony | a serious offense punishable by death or imprisonment for over one year |
| misdemeanor | a less serious offense punishable by less than one year in a county jail or fine or both |
| criminal investigation | the lawful search for people and things to reconstruct and illegal act |
| substantive law | laws that create, defines, and regulates rights and defines crime and its penalties |
| procedural law | laws that prescribes the manner or method by which rights and responsibilties may be exercised and enforced |
| due process of law | rights of individuals charged with crimes |
| deductive reasoning | the drawing of conclusions from logically related events or observations |
| inductive reasoning | the making of inferences from apparently separate observations or pieces of evidence |
