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| any standard or fule regarding what human beings should or should not think, say, or do under given circumstances |
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| LEGAL DEFINITION OF CRIME |
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| an intentional violation of the criminal law or penal code, committed without defense or excuse and penalized by the state |
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| the prohibition by the criminal law of some behaviors that arguably should not be prohibited |
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| the failure to routinely enforce prohibitions against certain behaviors |
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| the failure to prohibit some behaviors that arguably should be prohibited |
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| the external consequence required to make an action a crime |
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| the requirement (1) that a harm must be legally forbidden for the behavior to be a crime and (2) that the law must not be retroactive |
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| a law that (1) declares criminal an act that was not illegal when it was committed, (2) increases the punishment for a crime after it is committed, or (3) alters the rules of evidence in a particular case after the crime is committed |
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| criminal conduct-specifically intentional or criminally negligent (reckless) action or inaciton that causes harm |
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| criminal conduct-specifically intentional or criminally negligent (reckless) action or inaciton that causes harm |
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| crimianl intent; a guilty state of mind |
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| the failure to take reasonable precautions to prevent harm |
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| force or coercion as an excuse for committing a crime |
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| a special category of offense created for young offenders, usually those between 7 and 18 years of age |
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| mental or psychological impairment or retardation as a defense against a criminal charge |
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| a legal defense against criminal responsibility when a person, who was not already predisposed to it, is induced into committing a crime by a law enforcement officer or by his or her agent |
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| a legal defense against criminal responsiblity used when a crime has been committed to prevent a more serious crime |
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| wrong in themselves. A description applied to crimes that are characterized by universality and timlessness |
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| offenses that are illegal because laws define them as such. They lack universality and timelessness |
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| the number of crimes not officially recorded by the police |
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| an estimate of crimes committed |
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| OFFENSES KNOWN TO THE POLICE |
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| a crime index, reported in the FBI's uniform crime reports, composed of crimes that are both reported to and recorded by the police |
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| a measure of the incidnece of crime expressed as the number of crimes per unit of population or some other base |
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| a collection of crime statisitcs and other law enforcement information gathered under a voluntary national program administered by the FBI |
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the Part I offenses in the FBI's uniform crime reports:
1. murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
2. forcible rape
3. robbery
4. aggravated assault
5. burglary
6. larceny-theft
7. motor vehicle theft
8. arson (added in 1979) |
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| an act that is illegal for a juvenile but owuld not be a crime if committed by an adult |
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| CRIME INDEX OFFENSES CLEARED |
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| the number of offenses for which at least one person has been arrested, charge with the commission of the offense, and turned over to the court for prosecution |
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| NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMIZATION SURVEYS |
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| a source of crime statistics based on interviews in which respondents are asked whther they have been victims of any of the FBI's index offenses (except murder, nonnegligent manslaughter, and arson) or other crimes during the past six months. If they have, they are asked to provide information about the experience |
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