Criminal Justice Vocabulary: Essential Terms for Students
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Question: What is the adjective meaning responsible for a crime?
Answer: guilty
Question: What is the noun for illegally accessing computer systems?
Answer: hacking
Question: What is the noun for forcibly taking control of a vehicle, especially a plane?
Answer: hijacking
Question: What verb means to carry out a formal inquiry to find facts about a crime?
Answer: investigate
Question: Who decides legal matters and the punishment in court?
Answer: judge
Question: What is the group of people who examine evidence and reach a verdict called?
Answer: jury
Question: What is the noun for taking someone away against their will to demand money or other concessions?
Answer: kidnapping
Question: What is the term for killing someone unintentionally?
Answer: manslaughter
Question: What is the noun for a violent street attack to steal from someone?
Answer: mugging
Question: What is the noun for the deliberate killing of another person?
Answer: murder