Ss Ch 20 Vocab

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Assault

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is placing someone in fear without actual physical contact.

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Battery

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If physical contact occurs, as with a wepon or a foot, the crime is called

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Burglary

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is a crimme aganist proproty

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Embezzlement

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stealing money that has been entrusted to your case.

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Treson

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is the betrayal of one's country by helping its enemies or by making war against it.

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Terrorism

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is a crime in which people or groups of people use, or say they will use, violence in order to get what they want from the goverment or society

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Probable cause

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a good reason to believe that a suspect has been involved in a crime

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Warrant

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is a legal paper, issued by a court, giving police permission to make an arrest, seizure, or search.

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Bail

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is money that a defendant gives the court as a kind of promise that he or she will return for the trial.

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Indictment

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a formal charges aganist the accused -or refuse to indict

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Arraignment

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a court hearing in which the defendant is formally charged with a crime and enters a plea of guilty, not guilty, or no contest

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Plea bargaoning

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agreeing to plead guilty in exchange for a lesser charge or a lighter sentence

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Parole

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Letting an inmate go free to serve the rest of his or her sentence outside of prison is called parole

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Delinquent

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A juvenile who is found guilty of a crime is called a

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Status offender

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A youth who is found guilty of one of these acts is called a