Criminal Justice Terminology

What does beyond reasonable doubt mean?

• Actus Rea
• MO
• going above and beyond
• the standard of evidence required to validate a criminal conviction in most adversarial legal systems.

The definition of Manslaughter is __________?

• law violations
• unlawful killing with malice
• causing bodily harm or offensive physical contac
• unlawful killing without malice

What vocabulary word means: Unlawful killing with malice_____________?

• murder
• manslaughter
• robbery
• battery

What vocabulary word means: causing bodily harm or offensive physical contact _______________ ?

• battery
• recusal
• Vior Dire
• manslaughter

____________ is a system of agencies and practices established by governments to uphold social order, deter and mitigate (reduce) crime and impose penalties (forcibly put a restriction) on those who violate laws/

• Law Enforcement
• Corrections
• Security
• Criminal Justice

What are the 4 agencies responsible for upholding social order in society __________?

• Law Enforcement
  Courts
  Corrections
  Security
• Law Enforcement
  Probation
  House Arrest
  Courts
• Law Enforcements
  Courts
  Connections
  Security
• Law Enforcement
  Counts
  Corrections
  Security

Law Enforcement is responsible for: 
1. deterring law violations 
2. __________________
3. apprehending and detaining individuals who violate laws 

• discovering law violations
• arresting criminals
• community corrections
• convicting offenders

___________ - legal judgement stating a person accused cannot  be found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt

• conviction
• appeal
• indictment
• Acquittal

Indictment is ___________________?

• legal judgement stating a person accused cannot be found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
• legal judgment stating a person accused is guilty
• request to have a higher court resolve a dispute with a decision
• formal accusation initiating a criminal case

___________ is the procedure in which the prosecutor and defense attorney question potential jurors to pick a jury is known as which of the following?

• Voir dire
• jury pool
• policies
• courtroom penalties