The OJ Trial
Mock Trial Vocabulary
Name That Crime
Criminal Law
Causes of Crime
100
The lead defense attorney
Who was Johnnie Cochran?
100
The person accused of a crime
Who is the defendant?
100
Attempted shoplifiting
What is concealment?
100
Preventing crime by changing criminal behavior
What is rehabilitation?
100
It is the most widely abused substance in the United States and a major cause of criminal behavior when it is abused
What is alcohol?
200
The charge
What is two counts of 1st degree murder
200
Process in which a 3rd party hears the arguments of two parties and makes a decision that the two parties have agreed in advance to abide by.
What is arbritration?
200
Attempting or threatening to carry out a physical attack upon another person.
What is assault?
200
The punishment must fit the crime
What is proposrtionality?
200
Passed in the 1920s in many streets, the main purpose of these laws was to keep young people off the streets.
What are mandatory attendance laws?
300
The murder weapon
What is a knife?
300
This occurs when the witness provides more information than the question called for.
What is narration?
300
Unlawful taking and carrying away of property of another with the intent to steal it.
What is larceny?
300
Trying to get someone to commit to a crime
What is solicitation?
300
According to economist Steven Levitt this 1973 Supreme Court decision lead to a decrease in urban criminal activity in the mid-1990s
What is Roe v. Wade?
400
The victims
Who were Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman?
400
Oral testimony given out of court
What is a depostition?
400
The deliberate intent to harm someone
What is malice?
400
They believe that justice must served above all else.
Who are the retributivists?
400
Causes of crime that are more reote from the immediate criminal activity but are no less influential
What are distal causes?
500
The judge
Who was Lance Ito?
500
A criminal trial is said to be this in that two parties who are in conflict present their arguments to a 3rd party not involved in the dispute who then renders a decision.
What is an adversarial process?
500
Killing as a result of the failure to use reasonable care.
What is negligent homicide?
500
Criminals repeating their crimes and returning to jail.
What is recidivism?
500
About 5% of all jailed people, they have long arrest records and started their criminal careers at a young age.
What are super-predators?