Law & Justice vocab

Question 1

recidivism

Answer 1

a tendency to relapse

Question 2

legal certainty

Answer 2

everyone is equal before the law, clear legislation, clear judiciary, police works for the public good.

Question 3

legislation

Answer 3

preparing and enacting of laws

Question 4

public law

Answer 4

how the state power is structured, what it is allowed to do, our rights as individual citizens. Includes criminal, procedural, administrative law

Question 5

Civil law

Answer 5

laws and regulations that apply between individual private legal subjects. Includes contract, family, succession law

Question 6

Criminal law

Answer 6

criminal acts and their punishments.

Question 7

criminal act in criminal law

Answer 7

deed

Question 8

perpetrator

Answer 8

a person who comited a crime

Question 9

prosecutor

Answer 9

a legal official who acuses a person of commiting a crime

Question 10

preliminary investigation

Answer 10

criminal investigation, finding evidence.

Question 11

police state

Answer 11

the police and military have unlimited power, common in dictatorships

Question 12

convicted

Answer 12

a formal declaration by the decision of a judge that someone is guilty

Question 13

criminal sanction

Answer 13

punishment

Question 14

fines

Answer 14

paying a sum of money to the Swedish state

Question 15

imprisonment

Answer 15

the convicted is deprived of his liberty and locked up in a correctional institution

Question 16

life imprisonment

Answer 16

longest form of prison sentence in Sweden

Question 17

conditional sentence

Answer 17

is the perpetrator is not likely to relapse, he may work for the community for free and pay a fine instead

Question 18

probation

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the monitoring of a likely perpetrator, who must have contact and meet with an authority figure on several ocasions

Question 19

special care for young people

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a young perpetrator is placed in a family home and is allowed to go to therapy. If the crime is serious, he may be placed in a youth home

Question 20

special care for mentally ill

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not sentenced to prison but instead recieve forsenic psychiatric care

Question 21

The general courts

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rule in both civil cases or criminal cases. Inculdes the district court, the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court

Question 22

The administrative courts

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rule in disputes between individuals and the state. Includes the administrative court, the court of appeals, Supreme Administrative Court

Question 23

The special courts

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cover special areas of law. Such as the Labour Court

Question 24

instances

Answer 24

what the courts are divided into

Question 25

lawsuit

Answer 25

a problem taken to a law court in order to recieve a legal decision

Question 26

summon

Answer 26

document issued by the court ordering a specific person to show up at a specific time

Question 27

plaintiff

Answer 27

the person affected by the crime

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the defendant

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an individual acused in a court of law

Question 29

public defender

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if the sanction is other than a fine, the state appoints a public defender to prosecute the defendant's case

Question 30

private defender

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the defendant can choose to be assisted by a private defender which you must pay for yourself

Question 31

legal judge

Answer 31

the president of the court

Question 32

jurors

Answer 32

help the legal judge

Question 33

acquitted

Answer 33

the court deciding that someone is not gulity of a crime

Question 34

evolutional criminological theory

Answer 34

violence was a part of our evolution, vital for survival

Question 35

selectivity theories

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includes the theory of self control, biosocial theories, behavioral genetics

Question 36

theory of self control

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those who are bad at controling their impulses are more prone to commiting crimes

Question 37

the biosocial theories

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an agressive person may only become a criminal if their social environment and upbringing are unsafe

Question 38

behavioral genetics

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some people commit crimes because of their genetics

Question 39

theory of social pressure

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people may be pressured into getting money in order to follow certain trends or to be financially stable.

Question 40

the learning theory

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a person may have negative influences form their friends, family or various social groups

Question 41

the labeling theory

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even after finishing your sentence, people may forever label you as a criminal which leads to relapse

Question 42

visible crime

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reported crimes which can be read in the statistics

Question 43

hidden crime

Answer 43

all crimes that are not reported

Question 44

crime victim help desk

Answer 44

offers support in various ways to the victims of a crime

Question 45

The correctional service

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a state authority responsible for custody, institutions, probations

Question 46

custody

Answer 46

a place for temporary detention

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institution

Answer 47

prison

Question 48

to be detained

Answer 48

to be temporarily deprived of liberty in order to not destroy evidence or run away

Question 49

parole

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after the convict serves two thirds of their prison sentence they may be released from prison but follow certain rules.