Description

A type of punishment that is meant to discourage future criminal behavior in a person being charged with a crime.
The act of instilling fear of severe punishment in the general public, so as to prevent them from committing crimes in the future.
The action of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness.
An entry-point measure for chronic drug users where the body is cleansed of drugs so that treatment while sober can begin.
Where participants are involved in activities while they live and work independently in the community.
An approach to justice in which the response to a crime is to organize a meeting between the victim and the offender, sometimes with representatives of the wider community.
To deprive of ability, qualification, or strength; make incapable or unfit; disable.
Long-term peer-led programs that force chronic addicts to face their addiction using group confrontational methods.
Requires that we repay in kind what another has done for us.
The dispensing or receiving of reward or punishment especially in the hereafter
The action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.
An alternative process to traditional criminal court for people who have been arrested for misdemeanors, nonviolent felonies, and have a history of alcohol or drug abuse, or who have committed a crime and have a mental illness.
A common problem that is correlated with people who end up on community correctional supervision.
Both a substance abuse problem and a mental health diagnosis.
A community based tool that is increasingly used in a wide variety of situations, such as pretrial release, as a condition of diversion, or following sentencing.
Is stricter than curfew and affords greater control over offenders' activities.
A nonresidential alternative to incarceration that blends high levels of control with the delivery of specific services needed by offenders.
A behavior modification program that increases a client's community freedom depending on the amount of time spent in the program and the client's behavior, employment status, and amount of money saved.
Are determined by the severity of the offense and, like restitution, can be paid in installments.
Repaying the victim as a step toward offender rehabilitation.

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What is a crossword?

Crossword puzzles have been published in newspapers and other publications since 1873. They consist of a grid of squares where the player aims to write words both horizontally and vertically.

Next to the crossword will be a series of questions or clues, which relate to the various rows or lines of boxes in the crossword. The player reads the question or clue, and tries to find a word that answers the question in the same amount of letters as there are boxes in the related crossword row or line.

Some of the words will share letters, so will need to match up with each other. The words can vary in length and complexity, as can the clues.

Who is a crossword suitable for?

The fantastic thing about crosswords is, they are completely flexible for whatever age or reading level you need. You can use many words to create a complex crossword for adults, or just a couple of words for younger children.

Crosswords can use any word you like, big or small, so there are literally countless combinations that you can create for templates. It is easy to customise the template to the age or learning level of your students.

How do I create a crossword template?

For the easiest crossword templates, WordMint is the way to go!

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For a quick and easy pre-made template, simply search through WordMint’s existing 500,000+ templates. With so many to choose from, you’re bound to find the right one for you!

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  • Click ‘Create New Puzzle’ and select ‘Crossword’
  • Select your layout, enter your title and your chosen clues and answers
  • That’s it! The template builder will create your crossword template for you and you can save it to your account, export as a word document or pdf and print!

How do I choose the clues for my crossword?

Once you’ve picked a theme, choose clues that match your students current difficulty level. For younger children, this may be as simple as a question of “What color is the sky?” with an answer of “blue”.

Are crosswords good for students?

Crosswords are a great exercise for students' problem solving and cognitive abilities. Not only do they need to solve a clue and think of the correct answer, but they also have to consider all of the other words in the crossword to make sure the words fit together.

Crosswords are great for building and using vocabulary.

If this is your first time using a crossword with your students, you could create a crossword FAQ template for them to give them the basic instructions.

Can I print my crossword template?

All of our templates can be exported into Microsoft Word to easily print, or you can save your work as a PDF to print for the entire class. Your puzzles get saved into your account for easy access and printing in the future, so you don’t need to worry about saving them at work or at home!

Can I create crosswords in other languages?

Crosswords are a fantastic resource for students learning a foreign language as they test their reading, comprehension and writing all at the same time. When learning a new language, this type of test using multiple different skills is great to solidify students' learning.

We have full support for crossword templates in languages such as Spanish, French and Japanese with diacritics including over 100,000 images, so you can create an entire crossword in your target language including all of the titles, and clues.