Criminology word list

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  1. law
    the collection of rules imposed by authority
  2. statutory law
    the body of laws created by legislative statutes
  3. penal code
    the legal code governing crimes and their punishment
  4. case law
    a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
  5. common law
    a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
  6. rule of law
    a state of order in which events conform to the law
  7. jurisprudence
    the branch of philosophy concerned with the law
  8. criminal law
    the body of law dealing with offenses and their punishment
  9. civil law
    the legal code of ancient Rome
  10. tort
    a wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
  11. administrative law
    the body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
  12. precedent
    an example that is used to justify similar occurrences
  13. felony
    a serious crime, such as murder or arson
  14. misdemeanor
    a crime less serious than a felony
  15. offense
    a failure to show regard for others
  16. infraction
    a violation of a law or rule
  17. treason
    a crime that undermines the offender's government
  18. espionage
    the systematic use of spies to obtain secrets
  19. actus reus
    activity that transgresses moral or civil law
  20. mens rea
    criminal intent
  21. criminal negligence
    (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences)
  22. motive
    the reason that arouses action toward a desired goal
  23. concurrence
    the property of two things happening at the same time
  24. ex post facto
    affecting things past
  25. elements
    violent or severe weather
  26. corpus delicti
    the body of evidence that constitute the offence
  27. Islamic law
    the code of religious law derived from the Quran
  28. Tazir crime
    minor crimes committed by Muslims
  29. defense
    the act of guarding someone or something against attack
  30. alibi
    proof that someone accused of a crime could not have done it
  31. justification
    the act of defending or explaining by reasoning
  32. excuse
    a defense of some offensive behavior
  33. self-defense
    the act of defending yourself
  34. entrapment
    missing
  35. double jeopardy
    prosecution of the same crime twice
  36. substantive
    having a firm basis in reality and therefore important
  37. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  38. culpable
    deserving blame or censure as being wrong or injurious
  39. collateral
    accompanying; following as a consequence
  40. estoppel
    a rule blocking someone from denying their past actions or claims in court
  41. vagrancy
    the state of wandering from place to place
  42. conspiracy
    a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act
  43. negligent
    characterized by undue lack of attention or concern
  44. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  45. lewd
    suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
  46. lascivious
    driven by lust
  47. duress
    compulsory force or threat
  48. fraud
    intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
  49. conflagration
    a very intense and uncontrolled fire
  50. inducement
    a positive motivational influence
  51. incompetent
    not qualified or suited for a purpose
  52. alter ego
    a very close friend who seems almost a part of yourself
Created on Thu Jul 22 21:04:23 EDT 2010

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