CRIME AND LAW VOCABULARY

To say that someone has done something wrong or committed a crime.

• accuse

• victim

• evidence

• judge

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Facts or physical signs that help to prove something.

• Trial

• Verdict

• Knife

• Evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

An amount of money that you have to pay because you have broken the law

• Jury

• Trial

• Fine

• Verdict

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The punishment of being put into prison.

• Accused

• Victim

• Judge

• Imprisonment

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A group of people, usually 12, who judge a court case.

• Jury

• Audience

• Trial

• Judges

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The process of examining a case in court of law and deciding whether someone is guilty or innocent.

• Scene

• Prevention

• Trial

• Shoplifting

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Ashamed and sorry because you have done something wrong.

• Guilty

• Satisfied

• Shocked

• Determined

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

An official judgment made in a court.

• Resolution

• Verdict

• Robbery

• Judge

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Someone whose job is to make decisions in a court of law.

• Prosecutor

• Deputy

• Judge

• Officer

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Treatment of people that is fair and morally right

• Prevention

• Justice

• Scale

• Crime

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4