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  2. Victimless crime - Wikipedia

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    Many activities that were once considered crimes are no longer illegal in some countries, at least in part because of their status as victimless crimes. One example is the British sturdy beggar laws that applied the death penalty to unemployment. Two large categories of victimless crimes are sexual pleasure and recreational drug use (drug ...

  3. White-collar crime - Wikipedia

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    Occupational crime is “any act punishable by law that is committed through opportunity created on the course of an occupation that is legal.” [22] Individuals may commit crimes during employment or unemployment. The two most common forms are theft and fraud. Theft can be of varying degrees, from a pencil to furnishings to a car.

  4. Public-order crime - Wikipedia

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    The use of the term "public-order crime" grew out of the research to test the hypothesis underlying the term "victimless crime". So-called victimless crimes or crimes without victims were tested to determine whether a case could be argued that the behaviour produced harmful consequences for innocent people (p19) recognising that there was ...

  5. Overcriminalization - Wikipedia

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    Overcriminalization is the concept that criminalization has become excessive, meaning that an excessive number of laws and regulations deeming conduct illegal have a detrimental effect on society, particularly with respect to victimless crimes and actions which make conduct illegal without criminal intent on the part of the individual.

  6. Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do - Wikipedia

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    Victimless crimes draw manpower and funds away from crimes that do hurt innocent parties, and enforcement of the laws is not consistent enough to be an effective deterrent. He also argues that actions to help people deal with problems caused by these illegal activities are effectively prevented by their criminalization—for example, no one ...

  7. How We Define Violent Crime in America Shapes Who Gets ...

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    Before 1960, lawyers and legislators sometimes created special rules for “infamous” crimes, or crimes of “moral turpitude,” but those categories were never defined by the presence or ...

  8. Status offense - Wikipedia

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    [1] The United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines, for instance, states that a juvenile status offense is a crime which cannot be committed by an adult. [2] For example, possession of a firearm by a minor, by definition, cannot be done by an adult. In some states, the term "status offense" does not apply to adults at all; according to Wyoming ...

  9. Police ‘failing to attend violent shop thefts because ...

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    Police officers are not turning up to deal with violent attacks on shop staff because the criminal has already fled, a coalition of businesses and workers has said as it calls for a commitment to ...