What is the term for 'An intentional violation of the criminal law or penal code, committed without defense or excuse and penalized by the state'?

What is the term for 'The prohibition by the criminal law of some behaviors that arguably should not be prohibited'?

What is the term for 'The failure to routinely enforce prohibitions against certain behaviors'?

What is the term for 'The failure to prohibit some behaviors that arguably should be prohibited'?

What is the term for 'The external consequence required to make an action a crime'?

What is the term for 'The requirement (1) that a harm must be legally forbidden for the behavior to be a crime and (2) that the law must not be retroactive'?

What is the term for 'A law that (1) declares criminal an act that was not illegal when it was committed, (2) increases the punishment for a crime after it is committed, or (3) alters the rules of evidence in a particular case after the crime is committed'?

What is the term for 'Criminal conduct- specifically, intentional or criminally negligent (reckless) action or inaction that causes harm'?

What is the term for 'Criminal intent; a guilty state of mind'?

What is the term for 'The failure to take reasonable precautions to prevent harm'?

What is the term for 'Force or coercion as an excuse for committing a crime'?

What is the term for 'A special category of offense created for young offenders, usually those between 7 and 18 years of age'?

Mental or psychological impairment or retardation as a defense against a criminal charge is called ________.

A legal defense against criminal responsibility when a person, who was not already predisposed to it, is induced into committing a crime by a law enforcement officer or by his or her agent is called ________.

A legal defense against criminal responsibility used when a crime has been committed to prevent a more serious crime is called ________.

Wrong in themselves; a description applied to crimes that are characterized by universality and timelessness is referred to as ________.

Offenses that are illegal because laws define them as such; they lack universality and timelessness are called ________.

The number of crimes not officially recorded by the police is known as the ________.

An estimate of crimes committed is called the ________.

A crime index, reported in the FBI's uniform crime reports, composed of crimes that are both reported to and recorded by the police is called ________.

A measure of the incidence of crime expressed as the number of crimes per unit of population or some other base is called the ________.

A collection of crime statistics and other law enforcement information gathered under a voluntary national program administered by the FBI is called ________.

The Part I offenses in the FBI's uniform crime reports, which include (1) murder and nonnegligent manslaughter; (2) forcible rape, (3) robbery, (4) aggravated assault, (5) burglary, (6) larceny-theft, (7) motor vehicle theft, and (8) arson, are known as ________.

What is the term for the following definition? An act that is illegal for a juvenile but would not be a crime if committed by an adult.

What is the term for the following definition? The number of offenses for which at least one person has been arrested, charged with the commission of the offense, and turned over to the court for prosecution.

What is the term for the following definition? A source of crime statistics based on interviews in which respondents are asked whether they have been victims of any of the FBI's index offenses (except murder, nonnegligent manslaughter, and arson) or other crimes during the past 6 months. If they have, they are asked to provide information about the experience.

What is the term for the following definition? Surveys in which subjects are asked whether they have committed crimes.