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| An act in violation of a criminal statute. A social wrong or social evil. |
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| A collection of criminal statutes, it was created for the states to adopt in whole or in part, and has helped create uniformity in criminal law. |
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An inference in support of a specific fact.
The defendant is innocent until proven guilty. |
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| To stop, discourage, or prevent a person from performing a certain act. |
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| An inference that may be challenged. It may be disproved by the facts. |
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| The mental element of a crime; sometimes called the "guilty mind." |
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| The process of helping a person attain or regain his or her potential as a citizen; may take the form of counseling or therapy. |
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| The act of restraining a person from taking certain actions. |
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Through the criminal justice system, society takes revenge on criminals who violate criminal statutes.
Punishment for a crime. |
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| An act that is performed consciously or with knowledge. |
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| An act that is performed willfully or voluntarily. |
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| An act in which a person is careless or indifferent to the consequences of the action. |
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| An act in which a person acts with a substantial and unjustifiable risk. |
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| A logical conclusion of a fact that is not supported by direct evidence; a deduction made by a judge or jury based on common sense and the evidence presented in trial. |
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| The physical elements of a crime; the guilty act or the physical aspect of the crime. |
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To act together.
Joining the physical and mental elements of the crime. |
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| The taking of the life of a human being by another. |
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| A homicide that is premediated, willful, and deliberate. |
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| A lesser crime than murder. |
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| A homicide that involves an impulsive act, rather than a premediated act. |
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A reckless or intentional harmful, or offensive touching of another, it is both a crime and a tort.
Not recognized in Ohio. |
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| The placing of another in apprehension or fear of an imminent battery; it is both a crime and a tort. |
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The unlawful taking, confinement, and carrying away of another person, by threat, force, fraud, or deception.
Considered a felony. |
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The intentional interference with another person's liberty through force or threat without authority.
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| The unlawful entry of a structure or building for the purpose of committing a felony inside. |
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| The explanation of why the person complaining should not prevail in his or her action. |
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| A minor, as defined by law, who violates a criminal law. |
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