Public Safety Vocabulary

strategies that reduce the causes and risk of crime

• crime intervention

• crime prevention

• criminal defense

attempting to control and distinguish fires and respond to other related emergencies (note: two answers apply here)

• fire department

• EMS

• emergency room

• firefighter

the study of fire and related subjects and their interaction with people, structures, and the environment

• fire science

• fire department

• fire brigade

the attorney representing the defendant in a lawsuit or criminal prosecution (note: two answers apply here)

• prosecutor

• public defender

• bailiff

• defense attorney

the party sued in a civil lawsuit, or the party charged with a crime in a criminal prosecution.

• prosecutor

• public defender

• defendant

• witness

the process of collecting evidence of a crime for the purpose of prosecution

• evidence collection

• arbitration

• mediation

• criminal investigation

branch of government that interprets and applies the law in legal disputes in order to administer justice

• executive

• legislative

• judicial

agencies responsible for enforcing laws and maintaining public order and safety

• law enforcement

• firefighting

• legislative

the party who initiates a lawsuit against the defendant/s

• prosecutor

• defense lawyer

• plaintiff

• juror

government attorney charging and trying a case against a person accused of a crime

• public defender

• judge

• prosecutor

• plaintiff