Flashcards on Criminal Justice Vocabulary

Criminal Justice Vocabulary: Essential Terms for Students

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What is the adjective meaning responsible for a crime?

guilty

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Crime vocabulary

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Card 1

Question: What is the adjective meaning responsible for a crime?

Answer: guilty

Card 2

Question: What is the noun for illegally accessing computer systems?

Answer: hacking

Card 3

Question: What is the noun for forcibly taking control of a vehicle, especially a plane?

Answer: hijacking

Card 4

Question: What verb means to carry out a formal inquiry to find facts about a crime?

Answer: investigate

Card 5

Question: Who decides legal matters and the punishment in court?

Answer: judge

Card 6

Question: What is the group of people who examine evidence and reach a verdict called?

Answer: jury

Card 7

Question: What is the noun for taking someone away against their will to demand money or other concessions?

Answer: kidnapping

Card 8

Question: What is the term for killing someone unintentionally?

Answer: manslaughter

Card 9

Question: What is the noun for a violent street attack to steal from someone?

Answer: mugging

Card 10

Question: What is the noun for the deliberate killing of another person?

Answer: murder