Civics Chapter 19
Terms
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- vandalism
- purposely damaging property
- embezzlement
- stealing money that has been trusted to someone's care
- delinquent
- a juvenile who is found guilty of a crime
- probable cause
- a good reason to believe that a suspect has been involved in a crime
- probation
- person is under supervision of a court official
- Neighborhood Watch
- a group that cooperates with local police to prevent crime in their neighborhoods
- arraignment
- court hearing where the defendant is formally charged with a crime
- terrorism
- crime where people use violent acts in order to get what they want
- arson
- act of setting fire to someone's property
- treason
- betrayal of one's country by helping its enemies or by making war against it
- warrant
- legal paper giving police permission to make an arrest
- plea bargain
- agreeing to plead guilty in exchange for a lesser charge or a lighter sentence
- indictment
- formal charge against the accused
- parole
- letting an inmate serve the rest of his sentence outside of prison
- truancy
- skipping school without permission
- burglary
- crime against property but may not involve stealing
- murder
- when killing is planned ahead of time
- robbery
- to take something from someone by force or threat of violence
- homicide
- when someone kills another person
- bail
- money that a defendant gives the court as a kind of promise that he will return for trial
- witness
- may be a person who saw a crime take place
- man-slaughter
- a killing that happens by accident or fit of anger
- victimless crimes
- acts that hurt no one except the people who commit them
- juvenile
- an individual who is under 18 years old
- status offender
- youth who is judged to be beyond the control of his parents
- larceny
- taking anything that of value that belongs to another person without using violence