People in Court
Lawyer
The verb for when someone is sentenced to confinement
Send someone to prison
When someone steals something from a store
Shoplifting
When someone accidentally finds something, for example
Come across
In the United States, police officers need to complete a four year degree before police academy
False, they only need a high school diploma and about 6 weeks of training
Someone who may issue tickets or arrest criminals
Police Officer
A punishment of instead of going to jail, this person must seek mental health services
Therapy program
Burglary
When someone makes it look like someone else committed a crime, for example
About 3% of Americans are uninsured, or about 10 million people
False, it is closer to 7.9% (26 million people)
Someone who saw the crime occur
Witness
A punishment where instead of going to jail, the offender must do good things where they live
Community service
When someone spray paints or defaces a public space
Vandalism
Stick together
The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world
True
Suspect
This is a list of every illegal thing a person has done
Criminal record
Arson
when someone really angry or upset begins to feel better, for example
calm down
The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate out of any high-income country.
True
Someone who is trying to prove that a defendant did something illegal in a court room.
Prosecutor
The punishment that someone who commits murder may receive; they are in prison until they die
Life sentence
When someone is robbed with violence
Mugging
Fleeing from police, for example
run away
The United States has the highest wealth inequality in the world
False: Lethoso