These are serious offenses such as kidnapping and homicide
What are felonies?
100
When parents don't restrict their children and allow them to do whatever they want
What is a permissive society?
100
This is also known as the death penalty and is a very controversial topic
What is the capital punishment?
100
This is defined as a young person
What is a juvenile?
100
They are the 3 stages in the Criminal Justice System
What are the arrest, trial and the judgement, and the sentence?
200
The most serious violent crime
What is homicide?
200
These are the 4 causes of crimes
What do poverty, illegal drug use, permissive society, and urbanization have to do with crime?
200
These are the conditions a person is released for parole
What does staying out of trouble, obeying laws, and reporting regularly to a parole officer have to do with punishing lawbreakers?
200
89% of crimes are performed by them as recorded by a 2012 census
What percentage of crimes are performed by adults?
200
That is the role that the jury must perform which means to decide whether they are guilty or not
What is acquiting?
300
Theft of money that has been entrusted to a person's care
What is emblement?
300
This was the year that the bill that introduced strategies for reducing crime
What happened in 1994 in Congress?
300
Some solutions are building more prisons or releasing inmates earlier
What are some solutions to overcrowding of American prisons?
300
They are the crimes that are mostly performed by juvenile delinquents.
Who are most likely to be arrested for larceny or theft?
300
It is when a defendant pleads guilty to a lesser offense.
What is plea bargaining?
400
An example is someone throwing eggs at someone's house
What is an example of vandalism?
400
These are 2 strategies made to reduce the crime rate
What are (more answers are valid)) increase the number of police officers and increase the number of crimes eligible for a death sentence?
400
They review applicants for parole and accept or deny the request
What does a parole board do?
400
This is the survey that estimated that there are approximately 850,000 gang members in the U.S.
What is the National Youth Gang Survey?
400
It is when a period of time is given to an offender where they can show that they can refrom
What is probation?
500
The most common type of violent crime
What is aggravated assault?
500
They have prompted civil unrest and helped identify criminals.
How have viral videos affected fighting crime?
500
People who behave well or show signs of rehabilitation are given it
Who is parole generally granted to?
500
They are the 6 main causes of juvenile crime
What are poor home conditions, poor neighborhood conditions, gang membership, dropping out school/unemployment, alcohol/use of illegal drugs, and peer pressure categorized as?
500
The difference between adult and juvenile trials is that juvenile trials are not given these
What is the jury trial have to do with juvenile and adult trials?