Crime and Punishment Quiz

What does the term "arrested" mean in the context of crime and punishment?

• A decision in a court of law saying if someone is guilty or not.

• When the police take someone away to ask them about a crime.

• A legal process to decide if someone is guilty of a crime.

• Someone who controls a trial in court.

What is the role of a "judge" in a trial?

• Someone who sees an accident or crime.

• Someone who controls a trial in court.

• A punishment that a judge gives for committing a crime.

• A police statement saying that someone is accused of a crime.

What does "verdict" refer to in a legal context?

• To accuse someone of a crime in a law court.

• To decide officially in a court of law that someone is guilty.

• A legal process to decide if someone is guilty of a crime.

• A punishment that a judge gives for committing a crime.

What does the term "innocent" mean?

• Having committed a crime.

• Not guilty of committing a crime.

• Someone who has suffered the effects of violence or a crime.

• A legal process to decide if someone is guilty of a crime.

If you are present in a crime scene you are....

• Witness

• Suspect

• Victim

• Judge

If someone tries to harm you in any way, you are the ....

• Victim

• Suspect

• Witness

• Judge

When the judge proves that you committed the crime you are ....

• Guilty

• Innocent

• Witness

• Victim

Which of these could take years?

• Trial

• Verdict

• Testimony

Who gives a sentence?

• Judge

• Witness

• Victim

• Suspect

If you steal something from a store you can be...

• Arrested

• Testified

• Prosecuted

• Sentenced